Differential Equations and the Battle of Trafalgar
Differential Equations
and the Battle of Trafalgar
Nash, David H.
College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 98–102,
1985.
The author derives the "N-square law of fighting strength" from
a simple system of differential equations and applies this law to
analyze
Nelson's strategy at the Battle of Trafalgar.
