Beer-Lambert exponential attenuation I(x) = I_0 e^{-mu x}; first-order linear ODE

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Beer-Lambert exponential-attenuation framework (Bouguer 1729 Essai d'optique sur la gradation de la lumiere; Lambert 1760 Photometria; Beer 1852 Annalen der Physik 86, 78). Setup: in a homogeneous absorbing medium (e.g. radiographic…

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Theorem: dI/dx + mu I = 0 for I(x) = I_0 e^{-mu x} (Beer-Lambert ODE residual)

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