The eikonal equation via adaptive control theory

Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Dedicated to Prof Jay M Enoch

The eikonal equation can be considered as the fundamental equation in geometric optics. It is demonstrated here that the equation can be derived as a control theoretic problem using the method of dynamic programming. © Anita Publications. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Geometric optics, Eikonal equation, Adaptive Control, Dynamic programming, Fermat’s principle.

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