Light Traps
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MIT-LCS-TM-560.pdf
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Author(s)
Dawson, R.J. Macg.
McDonald, B.E.
Mycielski, J.
Pachter, L.
Date Issued
October 1996
Series/Report no.
MIT-LCS-TM-560
Abstract
In the February 1992 issue of the American Mathematical Monthly, J. E. Connett [1] asked whether it is possible to construct a 'light trap': a reflective-sided container with the property that a beam of light, shone into it from an appropriate direction, would be reflected inside it over and over again and never escape. Connett suggests that such a trap might be of value as a device to store light rays; however, the market for escape-proof golf holes might be even more lucrative!
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