what do we mean by cantre of curvature in the case of spherical mirrors?

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Centre of curvature of any curve is the point at the distance equal to the radius of curvature of the spherical mirror and lying on the normal vector.
In case of plane mirror , centre of curvature is at infinity.

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what do we mean by cantre of curvature in the case of spherical mirrors?

Centre of curvature of any curve is the point at the distance equal to the radius of curvature of the spherical mirror and lying on the normal vector. In case of plane mirror , centre of curvature is at infinity.

Centre of curvature of any curve is the point at the distance equal to the radius of curvature of the spherical mirror and lying on the normal vector.
In case of plane mirror , centre of curvature is at infinity.