Alhazen's problem
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Etymology


Named for Tenth Century Muslim Mathematician Ibn al-Haytham, whose latinized name, Alhacen may be deprecated to Alhazen.

Noun


  1. A mathematical problem in which lines drawn from two points in the plane of a circle must meet at a point on the circumference, making equal angles with the normal at that point.
 
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