Calculation of the solid angle subtended by a cylinder at a point

S Tryka1

  • 1University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Laboratory of Physics, Zamosc, Poland. stanislaw.tryka@up.lublin.pl

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