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Reflections on an exponential mirror

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Paul Levrie and
Hilde Missinne
Paul Levrie
Affiliation:
Departement Computerwetenschappen K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200A, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium e-mail: paul.levrie@cs.kuleuven.be
Hilde Missinne
Affiliation:
Kwakkelstraat 157, B-2300 Turnhout, Belgium
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It has been known for some time that when the sun is reflected in a circular cylinder, the illuminated part of the cylinder's base is bounded by part of a nephroid (the curve obtained by rolling a circle around another circle with twice the radius).

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 91 , Issue 520 , March 2007, pp. 59 - 62
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2007

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