Refraction at Spherical Interface

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Covers the basics of light refraction, including density, refractive index, and the variation with wavelength.

Explores the laws of reflection and refraction in transparent matter, focusing on wave interaction with dielectric slabs.

Covers the reflection of light on different media and how to determine the minimum thickness of an oil layer based on the observed wavelength.

Explores curvature, inflection points, and angular functions in plane curves, highlighting the importance of inflection points.

Covers curvature, osculating circles, and the evolute of plane curves, with examples and equations.

Explores refraction in a glass sphere scenario, explaining the discrepancy in perceived and actual distances of objects due to refractive indices.

Introduces hyperbolic geometry, covering complete metric spaces, isometries, and Gaussian curvature in dimension 2.

Introduces the basics of differential geometry for parametric curves and surfaces, covering curvature, tangent vectors, and surface optimization.

Covers geodesic curves parameterized at constant speed to minimize distances between points.

Covers the properties of circularly polarized light and refraction phenomena.