Sign Convention - Physics - Optics

[rajiv_putcha]

[SOLVED] Sign Convention - Physics - Optics

I was just looking at some sign conventions and I was wondering if this is true:

Along the principle axis, if Si > 0, then does that mean you have a real, inverted image?

Also along the principle axis, if So < 0, then does that mean you have a virtual, upright image?

Thanks in Advance!

 

[Doc Al]

I was just looking at some sign conventions and I was wondering if this is true:

Along the principle axis, if Si > 0, then does that mean you have a real, inverted image?

If you're talking about the typical Gaussian sign convention for a thin lens (where the thin lens equation is 1/S_i + 1/S_o = 1/f) and a typical real object (So > 0), then yes.

Also along the principle axis, if So < 0, then does that mean you have a virtual, upright image?

Assuming you meant Si < 0 (and with the above caveats), then yes again.

 

[rajiv_putcha]

thanks a lot!