When the medium is homogeneous, so that the rays are straight lines, the intensity law can be expressed in a different form. With reference to Figure 10.3, consider a tube of rays with transverse cross sections that are rectangular.
Projections back toward the source will locate apparent ray centers P and P' for pairs of sides of the tube. It is evident that:
and
and hence
in cui

Cosa sono per lui i punti P e P'? Due sorgenti puntiformi diverse? Se sì, perché non ha disegnato due tubi di flusso diversi?