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Light Traps
| dc.contributor.author | Dawson, R.J. Macg. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | McDonald, B.E. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Mycielski, J. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Pachter, L. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-29T14:40:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-29T14:40:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1996-10 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/149267 | |
| dc.description.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! | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | MIT-LCS-TM-560 | |
| dc.title | Light Traps | en_US |
