Re: Fingerprints in the sky explained by “beautif ul mathematics”
From: Narasimham G.L. (mathma18_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/15/04
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Date: 15 Nov 2004 02:41:38 -0800
Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:<VvSld.338100$wV.324690@attbi_s54>...
> Fingerprints in the sky explained by “beautiful mathematics”
> http://www.iop.org/news/844
>
> Michael Berry and Mark Dennis from the University of Bristol,
> in collaboration with Raymond Lee of the US Naval Academy, have
> successfully predicted the patterns of polarisation of skylight,
> explained in broad outline by Lord Rayleigh in 1871, using
> elliptic integrals – a type of mathematics with deep geometrical
> roots, often described as “beautiful”.
Pity, there are no pictures or equations of those fingerprint ridges given.
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