Book Review: New Methods in Geometrical Optics
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Matrix Methods in Geometrical Optics
As well as the geometrical methods used for solving lens problems, and locating the size and position of images in optical systems, there is an alternate, perhaps more versatile, method involving matrix manipulation. Many of you will be familiar with the use of simple 2x2 matrices. Firstly, however, before I consider the use of matrices in optics, I will review the matrix solution of two simult...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
سال: 1928
ISSN: 0002-9904
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9904-1928-04663-3