Document Type

Report

Source Publication Title

Technical Report 306

Abstract

Heron's problem in the Euclidean plane is that of minimizing the length of a path that joins two points on one side of a line and intersects the line. A generalization in the Minkowski plane is given and used to discuss reflection properties of conics.

Disciplines

Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Language

English

Included in

Mathematics Commons

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