Euler E085: Solution of the Catoptric Problem | English Translation | OMH v1.0
English translation of Leonhard Euler’s E085, published in Nova acta eruditorum (1746), pp. 230–233. This English edition was prepared by Vaibhav Shakya with the help of OpenAI tools for Open Math Heritage. Euler authored the original work. AI use and review status: OpenAI tools assisted with the translation and LaTeX. Version 1.0 is a machine draft with limited scholarly human inspection. Version 2.0 is reserved for a fully reviewed edition. Sources: Euler Archive, https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/euler-works/85/; initial text scan, https://math.dartmouth.edu/~euler/docs/originals/E085.pdf; historical figures, Wellcome Library / Internet Archive volume s1id13207180, https://archive.org/details/s1id13207180.
Authors
- Vaibhav Shakya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8582-5746)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-10-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23131227
- Primary Topic
- History and Theory of Mathematics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00