Lagrange’s Method for the Construction of Geographical Maps

DOI10.1007/978-3-031-09570-2_8zbMath1505.01028OpenAlexW4313160718MaRDI QIDQ5057024

Charalampos Charitos

Publication date: 14 December 2022

Published in: Mathematical Geography in the Eighteenth Century: Euler, Lagrange and Lambert (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09570-2_8

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of differential geometry (53-03) Mathematical geography and demography (91D20)

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