E422 -- Problematis cuiusdam geometrici prorsus singularis evolutio
(The solution of a certain altogether remarkable geometrical problem)
Summary:
Eneström describes the problem in the title of E422 as follows: “Proposita recta positione data AB ejusmodi quaeritur curva AmM, ut ducta ad ejus punctum
quodcunque M tangente MT rectae illi AB in T occurrente, recta TC angulum ATM bisecans eandem curvam in m
normaliter trajiciat.”
According to the records, it was presented to the St. Petersburg Academy on July 4,
1771.
Publication:
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Originally published in Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae 16, 1772, pp. 140-159
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Opera Omnia: Series 1, Volume 28, pp. 187 - 204
Documents Available:
- Original publication: E422
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