Here is a link to my Mathematica simulation exploring eq. 4.86 in Griffiths, or “Snell’s Law for Dielectrics.” I plotted the equation for several incident angles in three cases: equal permittivites, e1>e2, and e1<e2. It seems that there is no analogous critical angle/total internal reflection in the dielectric version of Snell’s law.

. . . the basis for WolframAlpha.  i.e. Mathematica is the language of god.

Why didn’t they make this available in my high school. Sigh

ahead of his time!

I wish I knew how to code better!

Mathematica is pretty fantastic.

is so much fun.

Mathematica is the cat’s meow.

This is notebook has a lot in it. More than the one we did in class

Intro To Mathematica