Hamilton's optico-mechanical analogy
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Hamilton's optico-mechanical analogy
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Hamilton's optico-mechanical analogy is a conceptual parallel between trajectories in classical mechanics and wavefronts in optics, introduced by William Rowan Hamilton around 1831. It may be viewed as linking Huygens' principle of optics with Maupertuis' principle of mechanics. While Hamilton discovered the analogy in 1831, it was not applied practically until Hans Busch used it to explain electron beam focusing in 1925. According to Cornelius Lanczos, the analogy has been important in the deve
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