Fingerprints in the sky explained by Qbeautif?= ul mathematics”
From: Sam Wormley (swormley1_at_mchsi.com)
Date: 11/15/04
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:12:37 GMT
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”.
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