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In this chapter we trace the creation of the wave theory of light and of the theory of diffraction by Grimaldi , Huygens , Young , Fresnel , and Kirchhoff . We recall the calculation of the diffraction by half-plane in the Fresnel-Kirchhoff approximation.
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Komech, A., Merzon, A. (2019). The Early Theory of Diffraction. In: Stationary Diffraction by Wedges . Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 2249. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26699-8_2
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