Definition:Cycloid/Historical Note

Historical Note on Cycloid
The cycloid appears first to have been investigated by in the early $1600$s.

He named the curve, but seems not to have actually discovered any of its interesting properties.

He passed on his interest to, among others.

in turn suggested it to and others of his friends in the Académie Parisienne as an object worth investigating.

Subsequently it was studied in detail over the next couple of centuries by such as, , , , , , , , and many others.