Inflection reflection: images in mirrors whose curvature changes sign

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/ac1abezbMath1515.78003OpenAlexW3197268897MaRDI QIDQ6108114

M. V. Berry

Publication date: 29 June 2023

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ac1abe

zbMATH Keywords

topologycausticsgeometrical opticsrays

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric optics (78A05)

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