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Further generalization of Fermat’s principle

✍ Scribed by Weilong She; Shenshang Wu; Hong Guo; Wei Hu

Publisher
SP Science China Press
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
352 KB
Volume
42
Category
Article
ISSN
1674-7283

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