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

DOI10.1007/s00407-016-0176-1zbMath1360.01023MaRDI 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 science; optical diffraction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35Q60: PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

35L05: Wave equation

01A55: History of mathematics in the 19th century

78-03: History of optics and electromagnetic theory

35-03: History of partial differential equations

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