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Mechanized methods of information storage and processing have recently gained wide application in physics, in its technical applications, and in fields associated with physics. We therefore consider it advisable to examine both the theoretical and technical aspects of this problem in a physics journal.

Part I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS Table of Contents 1. Introduction 666 2. Optical Properties of an Isolated Particle 668 3. Cooperative Effects 672 4. Multiple Scattering 675 5. General Formulation of the Problem of the Spectroscopy of Dispersed Materials. . . 677 6. Subsurface Conditions and the Spectroscopy of Weakly Absorbing Materials 678 7. Reflection from the Surface of a Scattering Medium in the Case of Very Strong Absorption 680 8. Albedo of a Scattering Medium at Weak Absorption. . . 683 9. Transmission of an Optically Thin Layer and the Measurement of the Extinction Coefficient 684 10. Differential Equations 685 11. The Connection between Transmissivity and the Reflectivity of a Layer 688 12. Model Representations and Finite-Difference Equations 691 13. The Role of the Boundary of a Scattering Medium 692 14. Conclusion 695