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Parabola Caustic

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Phil Todd

@polymnia

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Rays emanate from D, and their reflections in the parabola form a caustic.

See the family of rays by pressing Show, then the caustic curve by pressing Show again.

You can drag C and D.

Tags: caustic, parabola
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