Dioptric power: its nature and its representation in three- and four-dimensional space

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 349-366

  Harris, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Angle between powers; Basic dioptric power; Coordinate vector of dioptric power; Curvital power; Dioptric power; Dioptric power matrix; Dioptric power space; Dioptric strength; Inner product space; Ray transfer matrix; Symplecticity; Torsional power

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICS; VECTORS; WAVEFRONTS;

CURVITAL POWER; DIOPTRIC POWER; DIOPTRIC POWER SPACE; RAY TRANSFER MATRIX; SYMPLECTICITY; TORSIONAL POWER;

VISION;

ARTICLE; LENS POWER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICS; OPTOMETRY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 0031171224     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199706000-00018     Document Type: Article

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