In
optics
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultraviole ...
, the optical sine theorem states that the products of the index, height, and
sine
In mathematics, sine and cosine are trigonometric functions of an angle. The sine and cosine of an acute angle are defined in the context of a right triangle: for the specified angle, its sine is the ratio of the length of the side that is oppo ...
of the slope angle of a ray in object space and its corresponding ray in
image space are equal. That is:
:
External links
*http://physics.tamuk.edu/~suson/html/4323/aberatn.html#Optical%20Sine
Sine theorem
Physics theorems
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