"Alhazen's problem" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Named for a tenth-century Arab mathematician Ibn al-Haytham, whose latinized name, Alhacen, may be rendered as Alhazen. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Alhazen's problem}} Alhazen's problem
  1. (mathematics) 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. Wikipedia link: Alhazen's problem Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematical problem): problema de Alhazen [masculine] (Portuguese)
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