Symplectic Techniques in Physics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 25, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9780521389907
Subjects: Differential equations; Theoretical methods; Science; Geometry; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Applied; Mathematical Physics; Geometry, Differential; Geometry, Differential Geometry, Differential; Mathematics / Statistics; Mathematics-Applied; Science / Mathematical Physics; Probability & Statistics - General
First sentence: light ray makes with the normal to the surface separating the regions (Figure 1.3). In linear optics, we replace this law by the simpler law ni = n'i', which is a good approximation if i and i' are small.