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English: The first 15 Zernike polynomials, ordered vertically by radialdegree and horizontally by azimuthal degree. The Zernike mode is denoted by Noll index on the lower-left as and with radial and azimuthal indices on the lower-right as , being the azimuthal and the radial degree.
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Corrected the Noll indices for tip and tilt (Per the erratum: "The Noll indices for tip and tilt are interchanged: <math>Z^{-1}_1</math> is <math>Z_3</math>, <math>Z^1_1</math> is <math>Z_2</math>")