Light Traps
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Dawson, R.J. Macg.; McDonald, B.E.; Mycielski, J.; Pachter, L.![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/149267/MIT-LCS-TM-560.pdf.jpg?sequence=3&isAllowed=y)
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In the February 1992 issue of the American Mathematical Monthly, J. E. Connett [1] asked whether it is possible to construct a 'light trap': a reflective-sided container with the property that a beam of light, shone into it from an appropriate direction, would be reflected inside it over and over again and never escape. Connett suggests that such a trap might be of value as a device to store light rays; however, the market for escape-proof golf holes might be even more lucrative!
Date issued
1996-10Series/Report no.
MIT-LCS-TM-560