
Terminology for Week 6
- Asymptote Calculus pg. 202
- a line having the property that the distance
from a point P on the curve to the line approaches
zero as the distance from P to the origin increases
without bound
- Optimization Calculus pg. 219
- developing something to the utmost extent
- Fermat's Principle of Optics University Physics pg. 1083
- light travels between two points in such a way as to
minimize the time of transit
- Snell's Law of Refraction University Physics pg. 1057
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