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ERIC Number: EJ770482
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002-Nov
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-739X
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Closed Paths of Light Trapped in a Closed Fermat Curve
Dana-Picard, Thierry; Naiman, Aaron
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, v33 n6 p865-877 Nov 2002
Geometric constructions have previously been shown that can be interpreted as rays of light trapped either in polygons or in conics, by successive reflections. The same question, trapping light in closed Fermat curves, is addressed here. Numerical methods are used to study the behaviour of the reflection points of a triangle when the degree of the curve varies, including a generalization to non integer powers. (Contains 13 figures and 1 footnote.)
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Language: English
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