Templates for invention in the mathematical and physical sciences with applications to optics

H. John Caulfield

doi:10.1117/12.432788

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6 July 2001 Templates for invention in the mathematical and physical sciences with applications to optics

H. John Caulfield

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Proceedings Volume 4392, Optical Processing and Computing: A Tribute to Adolf Lohmann; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432788
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Some of the greatest mathematicians and scientists in history have made their most important contributions by applying unsystematically one of three general patterns or templates for inventions. Here, for the first time to my knowledge, these templates are stated explicitly and illustrated with examples from optics. I call them The Do- Nothing Machine, The Continuous Extension, The Up-Down Paradigm, and The Reversal of Fortune.

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H. John Caulfield "Templates for invention in the mathematical and physical sciences with applications to optics", Proc. SPIE 4392, Optical Processing and Computing: A Tribute to Adolf Lohmann, (6 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432788

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