Definition:Elliptic Integral/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Elliptic Integral
The elliptic integrals were called that because they were first encountered in the problem of determining the length of the perimeter of an ellipse.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): elliptic integral
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): elliptic integral
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): elliptic integral