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Petzval curvature
optics
Also known as: Petzval sum, Petzval surface
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correction of aberration
- In aberration
…a paraboloidal surface called the Petzval surface (after József Petzval, a Hungarian mathematician). Flat image fields are desirable in photography in order to match the film plane and projection when the enlarging paper or projection screen lie on a flat surface. Distortion refers to deformation of an image. There are…
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defects of lenses and optical systems
- In optics: Petzval curvature
For the S4 term taken alone,
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