Hadamard introduced the "narrow sense" of this principle, and Kirchoff used an obliquity factor to eliminate its retrogressive implications. It only holds for an odd number of spatial dimensions, as this allows for higher order terms to vanish in the polar wave equation. It was modified to include superposition, which allowed it to explain diffraction, by Fresnel, and its namesake showed how it explained Snell's Law. For 10 points, name this principle that says every point on a propagating wavefront produces secondary wavelets which comprise th
Hadamard introduced the "narrow sense" of this principle, and Kirchoff used an obliquity factor to eliminate its retrogressive implications. It only holds for an odd number of spatial dimensions, as this allows for higher order terms to vanish in the polar wave equation. It was modified to include superposition, which allowed it to explain diffraction, by Fresnel, and its namesake showed how it explained Snell's Law. For 10 points, name this principle that says every point on a propagating wavefront produces secondary wavelets which comprise the envelope of the wave, named for the Dutch physicist whose eponymous probe split from the Cassini to land on Titan in 2004.
Hadamard introduced the "narrow sense" of this principle, and Kirchoff used an obliquity factor to eliminate its retrogressive implications.
Huygens' Principle [accept Huygens-Fresnel Principle]