Secondary language: |
English |
Secondary title: |
Catacaustics |
Secondary abstract: |
The thesis presents catacaustics, plane curves that are produced by the reflection of rays of light in a curved mirror. We have different catacaustics for differently shaped curved mirrors. They can be described mathematically as the envelope of all rays that reflect from a given curve. The mathematical derivation of equations is given. The equations of catacaustics for different plane curves (circle, parabola, exponential curve, cycloid) are written in parametric form. The graphical representation is made with mathematical program GeoGebra. |
Secondary keywords: |
mathematics;matematika; |
File type: |
application/pdf |
Type (COBISS): |
Undergraduate thesis |
Thesis comment: |
Univ. Ljubljana, Pedagoška fak., Matematika in tehnika |
Pages: |
X, 69 str. |
Type (ePrints): |
thesis |
Title (ePrints): |
Catacaustics |
Keywords (ePrints): |
odboj svetlobe |
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language): |
reflection |
Abstract (ePrints): |
V diplomskem delu so predstavljene katakavstike, ravninske krivulje, ki nastanejo z odbojem snopa svetlobnih žarkov od ukrivljenega zrcala. Pri različno oblikovanih ukrivljenih zrcalih nastanejo različne katakavstike. Katakavstike so obravnavane matematično, kot ogrinjače družine premic odbitih žarkov. Izračunane so parametrične enačbe za nekaj primerov katakavstik, ki nastanejo pri odboju od znanih krivulj (krožnica, parabola, naravna eksponentna krivulja, cikloida). Le-te so tudi narisane v programu GeoGebra. |
Abstract (ePrints, secondary language): |
The thesis presents catacaustics, plane curves that are produced by the reflection of rays of light in a curved mirror. We have different catacaustics for differently shaped curved mirrors. They can be described mathematically as the envelope of all rays that reflect from a given curve. The mathematical derivation of equations is given. The equations of catacaustics for different plane curves (circle, parabola, exponential curve, cycloid) are written in parametric form. The graphical representation is made with mathematical program GeoGebra. |
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language): |
reflection |
ID: |
8310927 |