de Buffon, and independently reinvented by the French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788–1827) for use in lighthouses. The catadioptric (combining... 56 KB (6,475 words) - 17:28, 21 April 2024 |
The Fresnel integrals S(x) and C(x) are two transcendental functions named after Augustin-Jean Fresnel that are used in optics and are closely related... 21 KB (2,577 words) - 09:47, 17 February 2024 |
A Fresnel zone (English: /freɪˈnɛl/ fray-NEL), named after physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, is one of a series of confocal prolate ellipsoidal regions... 15 KB (2,208 words) - 05:47, 17 August 2023 |
The Huygens–Fresnel principle (named after Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens and French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel) states that every point on a... 24 KB (3,051 words) - 07:08, 19 February 2024 |
particular scalar diffraction theory, the Fresnel number (F), named after the physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, is a dimensionless number relating to the... 8 KB (967 words) - 15:41, 26 December 2023 |
Euler spiral (redirect from Fresnel spiral) for the limit (by "happy chance"). Augustin Fresnel, working in 1818 on the diffraction of light, developed the Fresnel integral that defines the same spiral... 23 KB (2,964 words) - 15:38, 22 April 2024 |
domain. Fraunhofer diffraction Fresnel integral Fresnel zone Fresnel number Augustin-Jean Fresnel Ridged mirror Fresnel imager Euler spiral Born, Max;... 14 KB (2,346 words) - 19:25, 27 February 2024 |
French Orientalist. He was brother to the noted physicist Augustin Fresnel (1788–1827). Fresnel was an Orientalist scholar who led one of the first archaeological... 13 KB (1,344 words) - 15:03, 7 March 2024 |