University of Kentucky
Department of Physics and Astronomy
PHY 308 Principles of Optics
Spring 1997
Homework set 8
Due: Optional.
- Problem 20-1
- Problem 20-5
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- Problem 20-9
- Problem 20-12
- Problem 20-14
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Augustin Jean Fresnel
Born: Broglie, France
Died: Ville-d'Avray, France
- 10 May 1788 - 14 July 1827
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Fresnel died before the birth of James Clerk Maxwell ( 13 June
1831 in Edinburgh, Scotland), how could he derive the Fresnel
equations from the E&M point of view? This is not a homework
problem, since I do not know the answer myself.