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If a light ray were the trajectory of some kind of particle, then geometrical optics might be exactly valid, and the concept of wave fronts would not be needed. Such a particle theory was favored by Newton, while his contemporary, Christian Huygens, held out for waves.
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Wellner, M. (1991). Wave Optics. In: Elements of Physics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3860-8_24
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