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Conicoid Mirrors

Popular Physics 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

The first order equation relating object and image location for a mirror of arbitrary conic-sectional shape is derived. It is also shown that the parabolic reflecting surface is the only one free of aberration and only in the limiting case of distant sources.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1010.0708,
  title  = {Conicoid Mirrors},
  author = {Diego J. Castano and Lawrence Hawkins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.0708},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages

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