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Reflections on an exponential mirror
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2016
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It has been known for some time that when the sun is reflected in a circular cylinder, the illuminated part of the cylinder's base is bounded by part of a nephroid (the curve obtained by rolling a circle around another circle with twice the radius).
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