Glossary entry

español term or phrase:

Ley del camino mínimo

inglés translation:

law of the shortest path

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español term

Ley del camino mínimo

español al inglés Técnico/Ingeniería Física Physics (Course Description)
Forma parte de los temas de física de un programa analítico.

Optica geométrica:
Focos planos, focales campan, rayos principales. Agrandamiento. Formulas. Espejos parabólicos. Refracción. Velocidad con relación a los índices de refracción. Ley del camino mínimo. Construcción del rayo refractado. Reflexión total...
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law of the shortest path

The law of the shortest path. The law of the shortest path is illustrated in this diagram below. Reflected light at congruent angles (solid line) travels a ...
www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/mst/opticks/Chapter2/4_historique.html

Ptolemy said, the rays of light come to us in straight lines, because that is the shortest path, and he deduced from the reflexion of light, that light passes from any point in its course before incidence, to any other in its reflected course, by the shortest paths, and in the least time, its velocity being uniform and equal before and after reflexion.
http://www.homeoint.org/cazalet/fincke/leastaction.htm
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agree Ernesto de Lara
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agree tangotrans : yes
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agree Shawn Keeney
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