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What is a Fresnel integral?

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July 8, 2014
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Enarson Classroom Building EC 326

Title:  What is a Fresnel integral?

Speaker:  Anthony Ciavarella

Seminar Type: What is... ?

Abstract:  Fresnel integrals are a pair of special functions which have applications in physics.  In my talk, I will introduce the ideas of optics that led Fresnel to his discovery of these functions.  I will then talk about some of their other applications and their relation to a few other special functions.​

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