Reflection from a Polynomial Mirror

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A parabolic mirror reflects parallel rays of light to a single focal point. Other mirror shapes can produce very different behaviors.

Contributed by: Stephen Wolfram (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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