The mathematics of the Area Law: Kepler's successful proof in \textit{Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae} (1621)

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Authors A. E. L. Davis

Publication date 14 October 2003

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

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