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The best shape for a tin can

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2021

P. L. Roe
P. L. Roe*
Affiliation:
The College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2140
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Extract

Some time ago, I came across a book intended to popularise mathematics, whose last chapter dealt with the calculus of one variable. Its final section, evidently intended to climax the whole work, solved the problem of designing the proportions of a tin can so as to obtain the greatest volume out of a given amount of material.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 75 , Issue 472 , June 1991 , pp. 147 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1991

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