Clairaut, Euler and the Figure of the Earth

DOI10.32381/GB.2020.42.1-2.4MaRDI QIDQ5879136FDOQ5879136

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Publication date: 24 February 2023

Published in: GANITA BHARATI (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.12757

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zbMATH Keywords

hydrostaticsLeonhard Eulerfigure of the EarthAlexis-Claude Clairautgeodesics on convex surfacesgeometry of the spheroid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesy, mapping problems (86A30) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50)

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