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Geometric optics is often described as tracing the paths of non-diffracting rays through an optical system. In the paraxial limit, ray traces can be calculated using ray transfer matrices (colloquially, ABCD matrices), which are 2x2…
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A complete classification of a class of $3$-dimensional algebras is provided. In algebraically closed field $\mathbb{F}$ case this class is an open, dense (in Zariski topology) subset of $\mathbb{F}^{27}$.