Equivalence of Huygens' Principle and Fermat's Principle in Ray Geometry
Abstract
Rays determined by Huygens' construction are identical with those derived from Fermat's principle. This is shown to be true whatever the medium or sequence of media traversed by the rays.
- Publication:
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American Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- May 1959
- DOI:
- 10.1119/1.1934839
- Bibcode:
- 1959AmJPh..27..293D