A Lie connection between Hamiltonian and Lagrangian optics
It is shown that there is a non-Hamiltonian vector field that provides a Lie algebraic connection between Hamiltonian and Lagrangian optics. With the aid of this connection, geometrical optics can be formulated in such a way that all aberrations are attributed to ray transformations occurring only a...
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| Language: | English |
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Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
1997-01-01
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| Series: | Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science |
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| Online Access: | https://dmtcs.episciences.org/238/pdf |