The mathematical technique in Fermat's deduction of the law of refraction
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DOI10.1016/0315-0860(83)90032-0zbMath0508.01007OpenAlexW2072680738MaRDI QIDQ1837678
Publication date: 1983
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(83)90032-0
History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03)
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