Snell's law of reflection from the definition of Apollonius circle

Padyala, Radhakrishnamurty

doi:10.51094/jxiv.85

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Padyala, Radhakrishnamurty Central Electrochemical Research Institute Karaikudi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51094/jxiv.85

キーワード:

Snell’s laws、 Reflection、 Apollonius circle、 Spherical surface、 Orthogonal circles

抄録

We show in this note that the definition of Apollonius circle is an alternate form of the statement of Snell’s law of reflection. Using the definition of Apollonius circle we construct the path of a light ray between two given points reflected at a point on the circle in traversing the path from one given point to the other given point.

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