The ovals in the Excerpta Mathematica and the origins of Descartes' method of normals

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2010.03.008zbMath1197.01036OpenAlexW2072635604MaRDI QIDQ990267

Sébastien Maronne

Publication date: 6 September 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2010.03.008

zbMATH Keywords

ovalsDescartesdioptricsnormalsLa Géometrie

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Analytic and descriptive geometry (51N99) Geometric optics (78A05) History of geometry (51-03)

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