Huygens' methods for determining optical parameters in birefringence

DOI10.1007/S00407-006-0115-7zbMATH Open1117.01011OpenAlexW2061434808MaRDI QIDQ860126FDOQ860126

Authors: Jed Z. Buchwald 

Publication date: 23 January 2007

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-006-0115-7

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zbMATH Keywords

opticsHuygensbirefringedouble refraction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03)

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