THE AMATEUR SCIENTIST.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Jean Walker
- Source
- Scientific American; Sep83, Vol. 249 Issue 3, p190-201, 8p, 3 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram, 4 Graphs
- Subject
- CAUSTICS (Optics)
GEOMETRICAL optics
GEOMETRICAL diffraction
OPTICAL images
OPTICAL resolution
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368733
The article relates the author's experience in examining the caustic patterns. He realized that the classification of caustic patterns is based on catastrophe theory. He also noticed that caustic patterns can be separated into several basic units. The author tried to explore catastrophe theory in optics.