 Newton's lens formula

For a converging thin lens forming a real image of a real object, let $u,v$ be positive distances from the lens and $f$ the focal length. Set $u^{\prime }=u-f$ and $v^{\prime }=v-f$, measuring from the neighboring focal points. Substituting into $1/u+1/v=1/f$ gives $(f+u^{\prime })(f+v^{\prime })=f(2f+u^{\prime }+v^{\prime })$, so $u^{\prime }{v}^{\prime }=f^2$. Other object-image geometries require an explicitly consistent signed-distance convention.