Question
why do you find the same wavelengths and colors on each side of the central maxima?
Answers
drwls
In what experiment? Single slit diffraction of white light? Diffraction by a grating?
Because cos(theta) = cos(-theta)
Theta is the angular distance from the central maximum, for a particular wavelength and order.
Because cos(theta) = cos(-theta)
Theta is the angular distance from the central maximum, for a particular wavelength and order.