[![enter image description here][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/blKdi.png $\color{red}{\delta^{*}}$=minimum deviation angle. $\color{red}{\mathrm{i}1^{*}}$=incident angle for minimum deviation. $\color{blue}{\mathrm{i}1^{\boldsymbol{+}}}$=incident angle $\mathrm{i}1^{*}$ plus a variation $\:\theta$. $\color{green}{\mathrm{i}1^{\boldsymbol{-}}}$=incident angle $\mathrm{i}1^{*}$ minus a variation $\:\theta$. $\color{blue}{\delta^{\boldsymbol{+}}}$= deviation if incident angle equals $\mathrm{i}1^{\boldsymbol{+}}$. $\color{green}{\delta^{\boldsymbol{-}}}$= deviation if incident angle equals $\mathrm{i}1^{\boldsymbol{-}}$. Result : $\delta^{\boldsymbol{+}}\ne\delta^{\boldsymbol{-}}$.