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The mathematics of geometrical and physical optics : the k-function and its ramifications /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stavroudis, O. N. (Orestes Nicholas), 1923-
Corporate Author: John Wiley & Sons
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2006]
Subjects:
Geometrical optics > Mathematics.
Physical optics > Mathematics.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Fermat's principle and the variational calculus
  • Space curves and ray paths
  • The Hilbert integral and the Hamilton-Jacobi theory
  • The differential geometry of surfaces
  • Partial differential equations of the first order
  • The geometry of wave fronts
  • Ray tracing : generalized and otherwise
  • Aberrations in finite terms
  • Refracting the k-function
  • Maxwell equations and the k-functions
  • The modern schiefspiegler
  • The Cartesian oval and its kin
  • The pseudo Maxwell equations
  • The perfect lenses of Gauss and Maxwell.