Alhazen's problem, also known as Alhazen's billiard problem, is a mathematical problem in geometrical optics first formulated by Ptolemy in 150 AD. It...

many thinkers who were influenced by Alhazen's work." Zewail & Thomas 2010, p. 5: "The Latin translation of Alhazen's work influenced scientists and philosophers...

ruler-and-compass construction for the general solution of the ancient Alhazen's problem (billiard problem or reflection from a spherical mirror). Some regular polygons...

lunar crater 59239 Alhazen, an asteroid Alhazen's problem This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Alhazen. If an internal link...

method, its description of the camera obscura, and its formulation of Alhazen's problem. The book extensively affected the development of optics, physics...

to him as well. Alhazen's problem is also not one of the classic three problems, but despite being named after Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen), a medieval Islamic...

matrices of a convex spherical mirror and a thin lens are very similar. Alhazen's problem (reflection from a spherical mirror) Anamorphosis Concentrated solar...

of a lens. His work on catoptrics also contains the problem known as "Alhazen's problem". Alhazen's work influenced Averroes' writings on optics,[citation...

only the case of single-vertex construction. In 2002, Alperin solved Alhazen's problem of spherical optics. In the same paper, Alperin showed a construction...

volume of the paraboloid. 1021 – Ibn al-Haytham formulated and solved Alhazen's problem geometrically. 1030 – Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī writes a treatise on...