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What is Huygens' Principle? Christiaan Huygens
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What is Huygens' Principle?

Huygens' Principle, formulated by Christiaan Huygens, posits that every point on a wavefront acts as a source of tiny secondary wavelets that spread out in all directions at the same speed as the wave itself. The new wavefront is the tangential surface to all these secondary wavelets. This principle is fundamental in understanding wave behavior such as interference and diffraction.