LENSES AND FERMAT'S
PRINCIPLE
Fermat's principle is considered through some EXCEL FILES and some Visual Basic generated software. :Lenses" is a software that examines several aspects of the theory of lenses. Especially are examined the proble of focusing in connection to the constancy of optical path between source and point of focusing.
All files are included in the file optics excel files
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SUBKJECT |
software |
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Haytham's problem |
Excel file with
macros. In case you have no Excel (or only Excel Starter) there is a
version in Calc
of OpenOffice |
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Heron's
principle |
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Fermat's
principle |
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Fermat's
principle for circular and elliptical surfaces |
CIRCULAR
AND ELLIPTIC SURFACES. In case you do not have Excel (or only Excel
Starter) there is an OpenOffice
Calc file with macros. |
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constant
path for parabola or ellipse |
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Hecht's
problem |
Hecht's
problem with Excel
file |
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Hecht's
problem |
Hecht's
problem with
EXE file |
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