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@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
\end{bmatrix}
\end{aligned}$$
-We want non-trivial solutions, where we
-cannot simply satisfy the system by setting $$A_1$$, $$A_2$$, $$A_3$$ and
-$$A_4$$; this constraint will give us an equation for $$k_m$$. Therefore, we
-demand that the system matrix is singular, i.e. its determinant is zero:
+We do not want to simply satisfy this equation
+by setting $$A_1$$, $$A_2$$, $$A_3$$ and $$A_4$$,
+so we demand that the system matrix is not invertible,
+i.e. its determinant is zero:
$$\begin{aligned}
0 =
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
\end{bmatrix}
\end{aligned}$$
-Again, we demand that the determinant is zero, in order to get non-trivial solutions:
+Again, we demand that the determinant is zero in order to get non-trivial solutions:
$$\begin{aligned}
0
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
Note that we have not demanded continuity of the electric field.
This is because the mirrors are infinitely thin "magic" planes;
-had we instead used the full mirror structure,
-then we would have demanded continuity, as you maybe expected.
+had we instead included the full microscopic mirror structure,
+then we would have demanded continuity as before.