Fermat's principle
principle of least time
Facts
5 properties- Instance of
- scientific law, variational principle[2]
- Inception
- 1662[4]
- Described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[5]
- Name in kana
- フェルマーのげんり[6]
- Named after
- Pierre de Fermat[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Fermat's principle
ar مبدأ فيرما
cs Fermatův princip
da Fermats princip
de Fermat-Prinzip
de Fermatsches Prinzip
de Prinzip von Fermat
de Fermatprinzip
el Αρχή του Φερμά
el Αρχή του Fermat
el Αρχή του ελαχίστου χρόνου
es Principio de Fermat
fa اصل فرما
fi Fermat'n periaate
fi Fermat’n periaate
fr principe de Fermat
he עיקרון פרמה
he עקרון פרמה
hu Fermat-elv
id Prinsip Fermat
🔖 Identifiers · 18
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- sh85047828
- GND ID
- 4350952-6
- Elhuyar ZTH ID
- 136737
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
- 1FiKTZ
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
- 196101
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- science/Fermats-principle
- Freebase ID
- /m/098w7
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- principi-de-fermat
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0026476
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Fermats_prinsipp
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
- 4709513
- Lex ID
- Fermats_princip
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- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
- 141176204
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3900483
- ProofWiki ID
- Fermat's_Principle_of_Least_Time
- Quora topic ID
- Fermats-Principle
- Vikidia article ID
- fr:Principe_de_Fermat
- Wolfram Language entity code
- Entity["PhysicalEffect", "FermatsPrinciple"]
🔗 Connections
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Created notable works 1
Described by source 1
Named after 1
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Summary
Fermat's principle is a scientific law[1].