English Title

Solution of a problem proposed in the Leipzig Acts in 1745

Authors

Leonhard Euler

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This work is an unpublished manuscript that Euler enclosed along with a letter he wrote to Goldbach.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

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