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Artifact (error)

s and the Airy disk are optical artifacts caused by the diffraction of light through the aperture of an optical system. In natural science and signal processing, an artifact or artefact is any error in the perception or representation of any information introduced by the involved equipment or techniques.

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s and the Airy disk are optical artifacts caused by the diffraction of light through the aperture of an optical system. In natural science and signal processing, an artifact or artefact is any error in the perception or representation of any information introduced by the involved equipment or techniques.

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  3. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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