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Light reflection is nonlinear optimization

Analysis of PDEs 2012-03-13 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we show that the near field reflector problem is a nonlinear optimization problem. From the corresponding functional and constraint function, we derive the Monge-Amp\`ere type equation for such a problem.

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@article{arxiv.1203.2350,
  title  = {Light reflection is nonlinear optimization},
  author = {Jiakun Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.2350},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

to appear in Calc. Var. and PDEs

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