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OpenStudy (anonymous):

According to Huygens's principle, what is the explanation for boundary behaviors?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

every point of a wavefront or wave boundary may be considered as a source of secondary wavelets which spread out in forward direction with a speed equal to the speed of propagation of the wave.....the new position of the wavefronts after a certain interval of time can be found by constructing a surface that touches all secondary wavelets

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