Huygens’ Principle as Universal Model of Propagation

dc.creator	Peter Enders
dc.date	2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:34:42Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:34:42Z
dc.identifier	1870-9095
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/aa7fad1a6a7d4047816be9f07e3f37e1
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22820
dc.description	Huygens’ Principle (HP) contains both the principle of action-at-proximity and the superposition principle. Althoughthe propagation of sharp, non-spreading wave fronts is included in Huygens’ [1] original formulation, it can be leftout without touching those principles. The formulation of HP by means of the Chapman-Kolmogorov equation(following Feynman [2]) comprises both versions and overcomes misunderstandings like ”Huygens’ principle is notexactly obeyed in Optics” [2] and “HP is incompatible with Green’s functions” [3]. This way, HP applies not only tothe propagation of light, but also to heat and matter diffusion, Schrödinger matter waves, i. e., to virtually allpropagation phenomena, which can be described through explicit linear differential and difference equations,respectively. HP for Maxwell’s equations is discussed in terms of the Helmholtz-decomposed fields and currents. Theappearances of HP in mechanics and in fractional Fourier transformation being exploited in optics are also mentioned.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	Portuguese
dc.publisher	Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Latin American Physics Education Network
dc.relation	http://journal.lapen.org.mx/jan09/LAJPE%20227%20Peter%20Enders%20f.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1870-9095
dc.source	Latin-American Journal of Physics Education, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 19-32 (2009)
dc.subject	Optics
dc.subject	Huygens principle
dc.subject	light propagation.
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Huygens’ Principle as Universal Model of Propagation
dc.type	article