Details

In this Demonstration, the cylindrical mirror has radius 1 and height 3. The viewpoint is located at . The reflected image is seen in the polar plane of the viewpoint. This image pane is perpendicular to the axis and at a distance of 1/10 from the axis.

The geometry and mathematics of this projection are covered in [1] and [2].

References

[1] J. Drabbe and C. Gabriel-Randour. "Descriptive Geometry and Anamorphosis." (Aug 29, 2012) users.skynet.be/mathema/eng.htm.

[2] D. Spickler and J. Bergner. "Cylinder Reflections: The Mathematics behind the Images." (Aug 29, 2012) facultyfp.salisbury.edu/despickler/personal/Resources/TechnologyWorkshops/ScienceNight2011/ScienceNightSU.pdf.