Note on the Braikenridge-Maclaurin theorem

DOI10.1098/RSNR.1984.0014zbMATH Open0592.01009OpenAlexW2074409918WikidataQ56428411 ScholiaQ56428411MaRDI QIDQ3720529FDOQ3720529

Authors: Stella Mills 

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.1984.0014

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zbMATH Keywords

conic sectionspolygonBraikenridgeMacLaurin

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of geometry (51-03)

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