``A most elegant property: on the early history of Lexell's theorem

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-64551-3_8zbMATH Open1459.01013OpenAlexW2779108680MaRDI QIDQ4609485FDOQ4609485

Authors: 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

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zbMATH Keywords

Eulerspherical geometryspherical trigonometryLexell

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Cites Work

• Leonhard Euler. Mathematical genius in the Enlightenment
• On Lexell's theorem
• On the works of Euler and his followers on spherical geometry
• A comet of the Enlightenment. Anders Johan Lexell's life and discoveries
• Leibniz and the Temple of Viviani: Leibniz's prompt reply to the challenge and the repercussions in the field of mathematics

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