• DocumentCode
    773622
  • Title

    Comments on "The art of back-of-the envelope ray tracing" [with reply]

  • Author

    Nussbaum, Allen

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Opt., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    202
  • Lastpage
    203
  • Abstract
    The author argues that the original paper ("The art of back-of-the envelope ray tracing", Rolland et. al, see ibid., vol.44, p.365-72, 2001) contains unnecessary, confusing, or incomplete information and they discuss the justifications for the criticisms given. The original authors\´ responses to these comments are also included in the paper.
  • Keywords
    education; lenses; ray tracing; teaching; Cartesian convention; back-of-the envelope ray tracing; optics education; paper discussion; positive rays; ray angles; Education; Lenses; Ray tracing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TE.2002.1013888
  • Filename
    1013888