"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Waves -- 1.1. Wave concepts -- 1.2. Energy transport -- 1.3. Complex notation -- 1.4. Fourier analysis -- 1.5. Diffraction -- 1.6. Foundations of scattering2. Introduction to scattering and absorption -- 2.1. The total cross section -- 2.2. Angles and solid angles -- 2.3. The differential scattering cross section -- 2.…