“A Most Elegant Property”: On the Early History of Lexell’s Theorem

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-64551-3_8zbMath1459.01013OpenAlexW2779108680MaRDI QIDQ4609485

Eisso J. Atzema

Publication date: 3 April 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Société Canadienne d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64551-3_8

zbMATH Keywords

spherical geometryEulerspherical trigonometryLexell

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

Cites Work

• On the works of Euler and his followers on spherical geometry
• On Lexell’s Theorem
• A Comet of the Enlightenment
• Leibniz and the Temple of Viviani: Leibniz's prompt reply to the challenge and the repercussions in the field of mathematics
• Leonhard Euler

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