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  2. Prism correction - Wikipedia

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    Prentice's rule, named so after the optician Charles F. Prentice, is a formula used to determine the amount of induced prism in a lens: = where: P is the amount of prism correction (in prism dioptres) c is decentration (the distance between the pupil centre and the lens's optical centre, in millimetres)

  3. Cauchy's equation - Wikipedia

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    The equation. The most general form of Cauchy's equation is. where n is the refractive index, λ is the wavelength, A, B, C, etc., are coefficients that can be determined for a material by fitting the equation to measured refractive indices at known wavelengths.

  4. Vertex distance - Wikipedia

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    The formula for vertex correction is = (), where F c is the power corrected for vertex distance, F is the original lens power, and x is the change in vertex distance in meters.

  5. Generating function (physics) - Wikipedia

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    In physics, and more specifically in Hamiltonian mechanics, a generating function is, loosely, a function whose partial derivatives generate the differential equations that determine a system's dynamics.

  6. Smoothed-particle hydrodynamics - Wikipedia

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    Smoothed-particle hydrodynamics ( SPH) is a computational method used for simulating the mechanics of continuum media, such as solid mechanics and fluid flows. It was developed by Gingold and Monaghan [2] and Lucy [3] in 1977, initially for astrophysical problems.

  7. List of equations in quantum mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Summarized below are the various forms the Hamiltonian takes, with the corresponding Schrödinger equations and forms of wavefunction solutions. Notice in the case of one spatial dimension, for one particle, the partial derivative reduces to an ordinary derivative .

  8. Gassmann's equation - Wikipedia

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    Gassmann's equations are a set of two equations describing the isotropic elastic constants of an ensemble consisting of an isotropic, homogeneous porous medium with a fully connected pore space, saturated by a compressible fluid at pressure equilibrium.

  9. Fine structure - Wikipedia

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    In atomic physics, the fine structure describes the splitting of the spectral lines of atoms due to electron spin and relativistic corrections to the non-relativistic Schrödinger equation.

  10. List of optics equations - Wikipedia

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    List of optics equations. This article summarizes equations used in optics, including geometric optics, physical optics, radiometry, diffraction, and interferometry .

  11. Eötvös effect - Wikipedia

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    The mathematical derivation for the Eötvös effect for motion along the Equator explains the factor 2 in the first term of the Eötvös correction formula. What remains to be explained is the cosine factor.