Near the Horizon: An Invitation to Geometric Optics
Author:   Henk Broer (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Mathematical Association of America
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9780883851425


Pages:   150
Publication Date:   08 June 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Henk Broer (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Mathematical Association of America
Imprint:   Mathematical Association of America
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9780883851425


ISBN 10:   0883851423
Pages:   150
Publication Date:   08 June 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction and overview; Part I. Geometry of Light Rays in the Atmosphere: 2. Geometric optics; 3. Atmospheric optics; 4. Light and the cycloid; Part II. Light Rays as Geodesics: 5. The principles of Fermat and Hamilton; 6. The brachistochrone revisited; 7. Light rays as geodesics on a surface of revolution; 8. Scholium generale.

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Henk Broer completed his Ph.D. in mathematics and natural sciences at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands, and has been professor of dynamical systems there since 1991. He was the scientific director of the Johann Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, and is currently both the chairman of the section mathematics of KNAW and the editor-in-chief of the journal, Indagationes Mathematicae. He has held visiting positions at Boston University, the Université de Bourgogne, France, the Universitat de Barcelona and Georgia Institute of Technology, and has co-initiated a number of national institutions in the Netherlands, including Mastermath and Platform Wiskunde Nederland.

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