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My physics dept offers an optics class with the following descriptive summary:
Geometric optics, periodic and non-periodic waves; Doppler effect; interference and diffraction, diffraction gratings; theory of polarization of light; fiber optics and introduction to lasersIt says the math you need is just calc sequence through multivariable calc, and only part of vector calc, not all of it.
My physics program doesn't require a linear algebra course, so i don't trust them. is there any other math i should know of that i'll need for undergrad optics, given the topics listed above? thanks
also does anyone know of a good undergrad optics text? thanks
Geometric optics, periodic and non-periodic waves; Doppler effect; interference and diffraction, diffraction gratings; theory of polarization of light; fiber optics and introduction to lasersIt says the math you need is just calc sequence through multivariable calc, and only part of vector calc, not all of it.
My physics program doesn't require a linear algebra course, so i don't trust them. is there any other math i should know of that i'll need for undergrad optics, given the topics listed above? thanks
also does anyone know of a good undergrad optics text? thanks