Decartes' Perfect Lens

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dc.creatorVillarino, Mark B.
dc.date2007-04-09
dc.date2007-04-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:57:31Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:57:31Z
dc.descriptionWe give a new, elementary, purely analytical development of \textsc{Descartes}' theorem that a smooth connected surface is a perfect focusing lens if and only if it is a connected subset of the ovoid obtained by revolving a cartesian oval around its axis of symmetry.
dc.description12 pages; proof of the exceptional cases to Drucker's theorem elaborated; one new importante reference is added; typos corrected
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1059
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1059
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/127675
dc.subjectGeneral Mathematics
dc.subjectClassical Analysis and ODEs
dc.subject00A05
dc.titleDecartes' Perfect Lens
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