Simplified Method of Tracing Rays: Through Any Optical System of Lenses, Prisms, and Mirrors (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Ludwik Silberstein

9780266398424: Simplified Method of Tracing Rays: Through Any Optical System of Lenses, Prisms, and Mirrors (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0266398421 ISBN 13: 9780266398424

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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This book, written by an author who invented the vector language of physics, details how to apply the author's techniques to trace light rays within any number of lenses, prisms, and mirrors. Historically, this book is the third in a series of the author's works, beginning with Vectorial Mechanics and followed by Theory of Relativity. Breaking down complex optical systems into fundamental components, this book outlines precisely how to calculate the direction and position of a ray of light as it interacts with one or more lenses, prisms, and mirrors. The author demonstrates methods to achieve this, starting with simple systems before moving on to more complex ones. Along the way, the author explains subtle vector and dyadic mathematical techniques, such as the Distributivity and Associativity Properties of vector operators. The author shows that these techniques can perform otherwise complicated optical calculations in fewer and simpler steps. This book is an invaluable resource for physicists and engineers. It clarifies the complex interactions of light within optical systems, and how to account for the relative orientation between light rays and refracting surfaces.

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