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Old November 13th 05 posted to sci.physics
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HE says principle of least time boils down to waves with local
minima/maxima time period (or optical path for that matter )
constructing while the others die out...
can anyone help me think of an example where a ray takes a local
max??(actually i dont think) :-)

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Old November 13th 05 posted to sci.physics
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"oldton" wrote in message
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HE says principle of least time boils down to waves with local
minima/maxima time period (or optical path for that matter )
constructing while the others die out...
can anyone help me think of an example where a ray takes a local
max??(actually i dont think) :-)


Helping someone to think when they don't think may well prove
impossible.


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Old November 13th 05 posted to sci.physics
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haha
i think that was very helpful

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"oldton" wrote in message
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haha
i think that was very helpful


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