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The Brachistochrone

Vsauce · 2 min read

The brachistochrone curve—often described as the “toddoc(h)rone” path—turns out to be the fastest route under gravity when the goal is to minimize...

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Answering viewer questions about refraction

3Blue1Brown · 3 min read

Light bends at an interface because slowing down inside a material compresses the wave’s crests, forcing the geometry of those crests to change. When...

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Snell's law proof using springs

3Blue1Brown · 2 min read

Light bends at the boundary between two media because it chooses a path that minimizes travel time, even though the straight-line route between...

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