Strategy decision tree
The reconstruction treats Newton's working method as a probability ensemble over overlapping strategies. A single case normally uses several strategies: for example, a Principia proposition may simultaneously use geometric limiting, diagram construction, and force-to-orbit deduction.
Overlapping prevalence ranking
Bar width is case prevalence: count divided by 300. Since cases carry multiple strategy tags, percentages are not mutually exclusive and are expected to sum above 100%.
300 paper / chapter / manuscript-section cases
| # | Year | Source | Lecture-style case | Main thesis | Result | Strategies |
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Source spine
Worked reconstructions
Methodological note
This page is a derived bibliographic and methodological reconstruction, not a reproduction of Newton's texts. The 300 cases combine printed books, papers, letters, drafts, notebook topics, and manuscript sections into lecture-style units. Post-Newtonian physics and notation are used only as labels for modern readers; they are not assumed as Newton's premises.