36.58: a)  E p  E p  E p .

So, from the diagram at right,

2 2 2
x y

we have:
E p2
 (1  cos   cos 2 ) 2  (sin   sin 2 ) 2
E02
 (2 cos 2   cos  ) 2  (sin   2 sin  cos  ) 2
 (cos 2   sin 2  )(1  2 cos  ) 2
E p2
 2
 (1  2 cos  ) 2  E p  E0 (1  2 cos  ).
E 0

2
2d   2d sin θ  
b)    sin θ  I p  I 0 1  2 cos   . This is graphed below:
λ   λ 

c) (i) At θ  0, I p  I 0 (1  2 cos(0 ))  9 I 0 .
0 2

2d sin θ
(ii) The principal maximum is when I 0  2m  d sin θ  mλ
λ
 2d sin   2d sin θ 2m
(iii) & (iv) The minima occur at 2 cos    1  
 λ  λ 3
mλ
 d sin θ  , with m not divisible by 3. Thus there are two minima between every
3
principal maximum.

 2d sin θ  I
(v) The secondary maxima occur when cos    1  I p  I 0  max .
 λ  9
2d sin θ mλ
Also  m  d sin θ  .
λ 2
All of these findings agree with the N - slit statements in Section 35.5.
d) Below are phasor diagrams for specific phase shifts.