English Title
Solution of a problem proposed in the Leipzig Acts in 1745
Enestrom Number
787
Original Language
Latin
Content Summary
This work is an unpublished manuscript that Euler enclosed along with a letter he wrote to Goldbach. According to Eneström, the titular problem is 'Circa datum focum C describere curvam AEBF, ut omnes radii ex C emissi post binas reflexiones in M et N factus, in ipsum punctum C revertantur.'
Published as
Published letter
Published Date
1843
Written Date
1745
Original Source Citation
Correspondance mathématique et physique de quelques célèbres géomètres du XVIIIème siècle, Volume 1, pp. 341-354.
Record Created
2018-09-25