L’invariant de Bouguer et ses conséquences : commentaire historique

In the second part of his prize-winning essay of 1729, Bouguer (1698–1758) considers a light ray in a spherically symmetric medium and introduces the invariant named after him. He deduces an expression of the refraction integral, leading to a table which is computed for a particular atmospheric mode...

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Main Author: Dettwiller, Luc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Académie des sciences 2023-03-01
Series:Comptes Rendus. Physique
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Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.5802/crphys.115/