Conicoid Mirrors
arXiv:1010.0708 · doi:10.1088/0143-0807/32/2/013
Abstract
The first order equation relating object and image location for a mirror of arbitrary conic-sectional shape is derived. It is also shown that the parabolic reflecting surface is the only one free of aberration and only in the limiting case of distant sources.
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