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Derivation · draft

Laws of Reflection and Refraction from Fermat

D-198 Home PU-206 Threads light · symmetry Depends on Fermat's Principle from the Eikonal Equation
Statement

Derive the law of reflection and Snell's law n1 sin theta1 = n2 sin theta2 as stationary-path conditions at an interface.

Depends on

Fermat's Principle from the Eikonal Equation

Used by

PU-206/L05