Category: Methods

The Zernike polynomials, we all recognize them and they are the language we often talk when we describe optical systems. But are they always the right language? Is there a wrong language? Eventually, we would try to push a design to zero so it doesn’t matter. But hey, zero, that would be like saying nothing.…

For those not into astronomy, Boötes void is a patch in the night sky seeming void of stars, but this little rant is about a blind spot in education the education of engineers. In my soon two and a half-decade in the industry, I have met exactly one person who knew about this mathematical/numerical gem,…