Definition:Airy Function/Historical Note

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Historical Note on Airy Function

The Airy functions were first investigated to address the question of the appearance of a star in a telescope.

Sources

2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Airy functions

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Historical Notes