Kirchhoff's theory for optical diffraction, its predecessor and subsequent development: the resilience of an inconsistent theory

DOI10.1007/s00407-016-0176-1zbMath1360.01023OpenAlexW2336189680MaRDI QIDQ332274

Jed Z. Buchwald, Chen-Pang Yeang

Publication date: 28 October 2016

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-016-0176-1

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of scienceoptical diffraction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Wave equation (35L05) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03) History of partial differential equations (35-03)

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