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Fermat's principle

Known as: Least Time Principle, Fermat's principle of least time, Fermats Principle 
In optics, Fermat's principle or the principle of least time, named after French mathematician Pierre de Fermat, is the principle that the path taken… 
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Calculus of variations
Computation of radiowave attenuation in the atmosphereGradient-index opticsHamilton's optico-mechanical analogyHamilton's principle

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2018
2018
On k-error linear complexity of pseudorandom binary sequences derived from Euler quotients
We investigate the \begin{document}$ k$\end{document} -error linear complexity of pseudorandom binary sequences of period \begin… 
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Construction of cellular automata over hexagonal and triangular tessellations for path planning of multi-robots
Exploring unknown terrains demand for the sophisticated algorithms for path planning in case of multi-robot systems. Robots… 
2015
2015
Comparative Study of Approaches to Delineating Built‐Up Areas Using Road Network Data
  • Qi Zhou
  • Trans. GIS
  • 2015
  • Corpus ID: 29546749
Delineated built‐up areas may be used for applications such as navigation, database enrichment and the identification of urban… 
2013
2013
Sharing trajectories of autonomous driving vehicles to achieve time-efficient path navigation
Traffic congestion arises to be a very serious problem especially in metropolitan cities nowadays. Drivers need to spend more… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Evolutionary computation based three-area automatic generation control
2007
2007
On the number of rational points on some families of Fermat curves over finite fields
  • M. Moisio
  • Finite Fields Their Appl.
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 38090574
2007
2007
Optimal Kinodynamic Motion Planning for 2D Reconfiguration of Self-Reconfigurable Robots
A self-reconfigurable (SR) robot is one composed of many small modules that autonomously act to change the shape and structure of… 
2005
2005
Effective Preconditioning through Ordering Interleaved with Incomplete Factorization
Consider an incomplete Cholesky factorization of a sparse symmetric positive definite matrix. It is common practice to start with… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Where Am I to Go? Use of the Internet for Consumer Health Information by Two Vulnerable Communities
The elderly and African Americans are groups sometimes described as vulnerable or at risk for health complications, and both are… 
1995
1995
Space remote sensing for spatial vegetation characterization
The study area, Madhav National Park (MP) represents northern tropical dry deciduous forest. The national park, due to its unique… 
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