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illumination problem en · NOUN

Etymology

From illumination + problem.

Meanings

  1. A mathematical problem, asking whether a room with mirrored walls can always be illuminated by a single-point light source, allowing for repeated reflection of light off the mirrored walls. It was solved in 1958: there are such rooms that cannot be thus illuminated.