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A cylindrical mirror is a type of curved mirror whose shape is a cylinder. Considering the transformation called "inversion in a circle" is very useful to understand its properties. They are components of anamorphoscopes.
See also
References
- Arnold, V. I. Mathematical Understanding of Nature: Essays on Amazing Physical Phenomena and Their Understanding by Mathematicians, Chapter 35 ("Inversion in Cylindrical Mirrors in the Subway"): pp 127–141. American Mathematical Society (2014) https://doi.org/10.1090/mbk/085
- {{cite journal | last=Sharp | first=John | last2=Nickel | first2=B. G. | last3=Hunt | first3=J. L. | title=Anamorphoscopes another look at circle inverting mirrors | journal=The Mathematical Gazette | publisher=The Mathematical Association | volume=95 | issue=532 | year=2011 | issn=00255572 | jstor=23248612 | pages=1–16 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/23248612 | access-date=2025-06-25}}
- {{cite journal | last=Kuchel | first=Philip W. | title=Anamorphoscopes: a visual aid for circle inversion | journal=The Mathematical Gazette | volume=63 | issue=424 | date=1979 | issn=0025-5572 | doi=10.2307/3616013 | pages=82–89 | url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0025557200095139/type/journal_article | access-date=2025-06-25}}