Light Refraction is Nonlinear Optimisation

Authors

  • Jiakun Liu School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
  • Xu-Jia Wang Centre for Mathematics and Its Applications, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4208/jms.v54n2.21.02

Keywords:

Refraction, nonlinear optimisation, Monge-Ampère equation.

Abstract

In this paper, we show that the near field light refraction can be formulated as a nonlinear optimisation problem, both for a point light source and for a parallel light source.

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Published

2021-02-01

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Articles