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A mathematician's view of bowling*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

M. N. Brearley
M. N. Brearley*
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85 Dandarriga Drive, Clifton Springs, Victoria 3222, Australiaformerly of the Mathematics Department, University of Adelaide, Australia
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The motion of a bowl on a grass green may be investigated mathematically, using the principles of dynamics established by Sir Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727). The analysis gives a clear picture of how the bias operates, and reveals some surprising and little-known facts which are important from the bowler's viewpoint.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 80 , Issue 489 , November 1996, pp. 501 - 510
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1996

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Editor's note: This article was brought to my notice by Donald Watson in a letter [Math. Gaz.79 (November 1995) pp. 579–580]. Because Maurice Brearley wrote the article several years ago all measurements are in imperial units. Metric conversions have been included in italics.

References

1. Brearley, M. N. and Bolt, B. A. The dynamics of a bowl, Quart. J. Mech. Appl. Maths. 11 (1958) pp. 351–363.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2. Brearley, M. N. The motion of a biased bowl with perturbing projection conditions, Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 57 Pt 1 (1961), pp. 131–151.CrossRefGoogle Scholar