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Main Author: Drogoul, Audric
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11546
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contents This paper is devoted to an intrinsic geometrical classification of three-mirror telescopes. The problem is formulated as the study of the connected components of a semi-algebraic set. Under first order approximation, we give the general expression of the transfer matrix of a reflexive optical system. Thanks to this representation, we express the semi-algebraic set for focal telescopes and afocal telescopes as the set of non-degenerate real solutions of first order optical conditions. Then, in order to study the topology of these sets, we address the problem of counting and describe their connected components. In a same time, we introduce a topological invariant which encodes the topological features of the solutions. For systems composed of three mirrors, we give the semi-algebraic description of the connected components of the set and show that the topological invariant is exact.
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spellingShingle A certified classification of first-order controlled coaxial telescopes
Drogoul, Audric
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Geometry
14Q30, 14P25, 14P10
J.6; I.1.2; I.1.4; I.1.2; F.2.1; F.2.2
This paper is devoted to an intrinsic geometrical classification of three-mirror telescopes. The problem is formulated as the study of the connected components of a semi-algebraic set. Under first order approximation, we give the general expression of the transfer matrix of a reflexive optical system. Thanks to this representation, we express the semi-algebraic set for focal telescopes and afocal telescopes as the set of non-degenerate real solutions of first order optical conditions. Then, in order to study the topology of these sets, we address the problem of counting and describe their connected components. In a same time, we introduce a topological invariant which encodes the topological features of the solutions. For systems composed of three mirrors, we give the semi-algebraic description of the connected components of the set and show that the topological invariant is exact.
title A certified classification of first-order controlled coaxial telescopes
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Geometry
14Q30, 14P25, 14P10
J.6; I.1.2; I.1.4; I.1.2; F.2.1; F.2.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11546