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Image from rays of refraction or total internal reflection
Two parts - the first a fish's view from under water. In the second the position of the cursor is the source of a light ray. Its path from within the water to an observer appears. It is also ...
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Stationary Paths
A text based page describing the mathematics behind stationary paths.
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Virtual Image
A virtual image is formed at the position where the paths of the principal rays cross when projected backward from their paths beyond the lens.
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Potential Flow and d'Alembert's Paradox
The circulation of the vector field V around any simple closed path S is defined as the integral of the tangential component of V around that path (in the "right-handed" direction).
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Fermat Principle
The path of a ray of light between two points is the path that minimizes the travel time. This java applet lets you visualize the above statement. Useful for college level students and those study ...
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Mean Free Path
The mean free path or average distance between collisions for a gas molecule may be estimated from kinetic theory.
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Centripetal Force
Any motion in a curved path represents accelerated motion, and requires a force directed toward the center of curvature of the path. This force is called the centripetal force which means "center ...
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Paths Not Taken
Essay on propagation of light.
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Radial Paths in Schwarzschild Spacetime
A page detailing the mathematics involved in Schwarzchild Spacetime.
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The Discovery Of Radioactivity
One hundred years ago, a group of scientists unknowingly ushered in the Atomic Age. Their work initiated paths of research which changed our understanding of the building blocks of matter; their ...
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