English translation of “Solutio problematis catoptrici in Novis Actis Eruditorum Lipsiensibus pro mense Novembri A. 1745 propositi” by Leonhard Euler (Eneström E106), titled “Solution of the catoptric problem proposed in the Leipzig Nova Acta Eruditorum for November 1745.” Prepared for Open Math Heritage with OpenAI-assisted translation, mathematical transcription and LaTeX typesetting. OMH v1.0 is a machine-assisted draft that has undergone a full, fresh AI-assisted technical audit of source coverage, translation, formulas, tables and figures where present, and rendered output. This is not a claim of human scholarly review or certification of the historical mathematics. Version 2 is reserved for a fully reviewed edition. Original publication: Nova acta eruditorum (1748), pp. 27–46, 61–75 and 169–184, all three installments and §§I–LXXXIV, with the associated plates. Plate III includes the recovered lower geometry; fine lettering remains faint. Sources: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/euler-works/106/; https://archive.org/details/novaactaerudito01librgoog. The PDF states CC BY 4.0 for its new English text and editorial material only; that statement grants no rights in third-party images. Public redistribution permission for the Google scan material has not been established and requires a separate release-rights decision.
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