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| | Fermats principle - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Fermats principle |
 | | In physics, the principle that a ray of light, or other radiation, moves between two points along the path that takes the minimum time. |
 | | The principle is named after French mathematician Pierre de Fermat, who used it to deduce the laws of reflection and refraction. |
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