\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{TheGoldenClover} \pdfinfo{ /Title (tahsili-physics-light.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (TheGoldenClover) /Subject (Tahsili Physics (Light) Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{D4CE35} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FCFBF2} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Tahsili Physics (Light) Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{TheGoldenClover} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/201551/cs/42949/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}TheGoldenClover \\ \uline{cheatography.com/thegoldenclover} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 4th April, 2024.\\ Updated 5th April, 2024.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.64 cm} x{5.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Light}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Engineering optics & the study of how light interacts with matter \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Luminous Flux & the measure of the total amount of energy radiated per second from a light source in all directions (measured in lumens (lm) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Illumination & a measure of the light that falls on a surface (measured in lux (lx)) \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Illumination Formula & E = P/4πr\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} (E = illumination, P = luminous flux, r = distance) \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Diffraction & the spreading of waves around barriers \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} polarization & the restriction of light to one direction \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Primary colours & RGB \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.56 cm} x{5.44 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Characteristics of Spherical Mirrors}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} concave & depends on position \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} convex & virtual, upright, smaller \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{concave properties}}\{\{ac\}\}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} infinitely large & real, inverted, highly diminished at focus \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} at focus & real, inverted, infinitely enlarged (no image) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} beyond focal point & virtual, erect, enlarged image \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 2x the focal length & real, inverted, same size \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{before focal point = inverted and smaller}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{after focal point = erect and larger}}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{virtual images cannot be collected on screen}}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Spherical Lenses}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} convex lens & collects light \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} concave lens & scatters light \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Magnification} & the ratio of the image's length to the object's length \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Magnification} formula & M = hi / ho or -di / do ( M is -ive if its real ) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{1/f = 1/di + 1/do} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.44 cm} x{4.56 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Interference}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} interference & when two waves superimpose to form a wave with a higher or lower amplitude \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} young's double slit experiment & explains interference; uses monochromatic light to create dark and light bands \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{λ = xd/L} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.4 cm} x{5.6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Reflection Off a Plane}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Reflection Law & incident angle = reflected angle \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Properties of a plane image}}\{\{ac\}\}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1- virtual & 2- upright \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 3- same size & 4- horizontally inverted \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{5- same distance} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.64 cm} x{5.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Spherical mirrors}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} concave mirror & collects light rays (used in telescope) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} convex mirror & scatters light rays (sides of cars) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Principal Axes & center line \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Focus / focal point & the point at which light rays appear to converge \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Focal Length & the distance between the center of the mirror and the focus \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} focal length formula & f = r/2 (r = radius of curvature) \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.52 cm} x{4.48 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Refraction of Light}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Refraction & the bending of light through a medium \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} snell's law & n1sinθ1 = n2sinθ2 (n is the refractive index) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} refraction index & n = c/v (c is the speed of light, v is the speed of light in the medium) \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} complete reflection & reflection within a medium that occurs when the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} critical angle & the angle of incidence that causes the reflected angle to have 90 degrees \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} complete reflection applications & optical fibers \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} mirage & an optical illusion caused by a difference in temperature that creates refraction \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} rainbow & when light is scattered by water droplets \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.72 cm} x{3.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sight defects}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} farsightedness (long focal length) & corrected with a convex lens \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} nearsightedness (image forms in front of retina) & corrected with concave lens \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}