An extremal problem in Harriot's mathematics

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(89)90037-2zbMath0675.01012OpenAlexW2041469992MaRDI QIDQ1121857

Peter C. Fenton

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(89)90037-2

zbMATH Keywords

spherical mirror problem. Alhazen's Optics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

Cites Work

• Essays on Thomas Harriot. I. Billiard balls and laws of collision. II. Ballistic parabolas. III. A survey of Harriot's scientific writings
• Harriot's calculation of the meridional parts as logarithmic tangents

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