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Fermat's principle
  پروز ِ فرما   
parvaz-e Fermat

Fr.: principe de Fermat   

The path taken by a ray of light going from one point to another through any set of media is such that the time taken is a minimum. This principle governs the light propagation and determines the geodesics of optical paths.

Put forward by Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician, born at Beaumont-de-Lomagne; → principle