Functional differential equations and lens design in geometrical optics

The subject of this thesis is lens design using a system of functional differential equations arising from Fermat's Principle in geometrical optics. The emphasis is primarily on existence, uniqueness, and analyticity, properties of solutions to these equations, but some asymptotic methods are d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Brunt, Bruce
Other Authors: Ockendon, J. R.
Published: University of Oxford 1989
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.236156