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  2. Angle of incidence (optics) - Wikipedia

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    The angle of incidence, in geometric optics, is the angle between a ray incident on a surface and the line perpendicular (at 90 degree angle) to the surface at the point of incidence, called the normal. The ray can be formed by any waves, such as optical, acoustic, microwave, and X-ray. In the figure below, the line representing a ray makes an ...

  3. Log-normal distribution - Wikipedia

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    (⁡ >) is computed by transforming to the normal variable = ⁡, then integrating its density over the domain defined by ⁡ > (blue regions), using the numerical method of ray-tracing. [15] b & c. The pdf and cdf of the function ⁡ of the log-normal variable can also be computed in this way.

  4. Ray tracing (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Ray tracing of a beam of light passing through a medium with changing refractive index.The ray is advanced by a small amount, and then the direction is re-calculated. Ray tracing works by assuming that the particle or wave can be modeled as a large number of very narrow beams (), and that there exists some distance, possibly very small, over which such a ray is locally straight.

  5. Ray (optics) - Wikipedia

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    The principal ray or chief ray (sometimes known as the b ray) in an optical system is the meridional ray that starts at an edge of an object and passes through the center of the aperture stop. [ 5 ] [ 8 ] [ 7 ] The distance between the chief ray (or an extension of it for a virtual image) and the optical axis at an image location defines the ...

  6. Ray transfer matrix analysis - Wikipedia

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    The ray tracing technique is based on two reference planes, called the input and output planes, each perpendicular to the optical axis of the system. At any point along the optical train an optical axis is defined corresponding to a central ray; that central ray is propagated to define the optical axis further in the optical train which need ...

  7. Multivariate normal distribution - Wikipedia

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    The null hypothesis is that the data set is similar to the normal distribution, therefore a sufficiently small p-value indicates non-normal data. Multivariate normality tests include the Cox–Small test [ 33 ] and Smith and Jain's adaptation [ 34 ] of the Friedman–Rafsky test created by Larry Rafsky and Jerome Friedman .

  8. Möller–Trumbore intersection algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The Möller–Trumbore ray-triangle intersection algorithm, named after its inventors Tomas Möller and Ben Trumbore, is a fast method for calculating the intersection of a ray and a triangle in three dimensions without needing precomputation of the plane equation of the plane containing the triangle. [1]

  9. Ray tracing (graphics) - Wikipedia

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    This recursive ray tracing of reflective colored spheres on a white surface demonstrates the effects of shallow depth of field, "area" light sources, and diffuse interreflection. (c. 2008) In 3D computer graphics, ray tracing is a technique for modeling light transport for use in a wide variety of rendering algorithms for generating digital images.