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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Geometric Optics
    sub title: Theory and Design of Astronomical Optical Systems Using Mathematica®
  name:
    name part: Romano, Antonio.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 224 p. 130 illus. online resource.
  abstract: This book—unique in the literature—provides readers with the mathematical background needed to design many of the optical combinations that are used in astronomical telescopes and cameras. The results presented in the work were obtained by using a different approach to third-order aberration theory as well as the extensive use of the software package Mathematica®. The newly presented approach to third-order aberration theory adopted is based on Fermat’s principle and the use of particular optical paths—not rays—termed stigmatic paths, allowing for easy derivation of third-order formulae. This approach enables readers to understand and handle the formulae required to design optical combinations without resorting to the much more complex Hamiltonian formalism and Seidel's relations. Additional features and topics: * Presentation of the third-order design of cameras and telescopes with the aid of Mathematica eliminates the need for tedious computer calculations * Mathematica notebooks accompanying each optical combination analyzed in the book are available for download at http://extra.springer.com/978-0-8176-4871-8 * Discussion and analysis of specific optical devices: Newtonian and Cassegrain telescopes; Schmidt, Wright, Houghton, and Maksutov cameras; and other optical combinations, such as the Klevtsov telescope and the Baker–Schmidt flat-field camera * Additional supplementary material available at the publisher's website * Many worked-out examples and exercises Geometric Optics is an excellent reference for advanced graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in applied mathematics, engineering, astronomy, and astronomical optics. The work may be used as a supplementary textbook for graduate-level courses in astronomical optics, optical design, optical engineering, programming with Mathematica, or geometric optics.
  table of contents: Fermat#x2019;s Principle and General Considerations Regarding Centered Optical Systems -- Gaussian Optics -- Fermat#x2019;s Principle and Third-Order Aberrations -- Newtonian and Cassegrain Telescopes -- Cameras for Astronomy -- Compound Cassegrain Telescopes -- Doublets and Triplets -- Other Optical Combinations -- Fermat#x2019;s Principle and Wavefronts -- Hamiltonian Optics -- Monochromatic Third-Order Aberrations.
  note: by Antonio Romano.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical models
  subject:
    topic: Geometry
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Astrophysics
  subject:
    topic: Cosmology
  subject:
    topic: Optics
  subject:
    topic: Optoelectronics
  subject:
    topic: Plasmons (Physics)
  subject:
    topic: Microwaves
  subject:
    topic: Optical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
  subject:
    topic: Physics, general
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Geometry
  classification: QC350-467
  classification: TA1501-1820
  classification: QC392-449.5
  classification: TA1750-1750.22
  classification: 621.36
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology
  identifier: 9780817648725
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4872-5
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    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151204143558.0
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