Transposition involves rewriting lens prescriptions while maintaining the same optical power. There are two types: simple transposition and toric transposition. Simple transposition involves algebraically adding/subtracting/changing the sign of sphere and cylinder powers and rotating the cylinder axis by 90 degrees. Toric transposition first uses simple transposition then derives the toric lens formula by separating powers into the spherical and cylindrical base curve components. The spherical equivalent of a prescription is the equal sphere power, calculated as the sphere plus half the cylinder. Crossed cylinder form involves writing two cylinders placed at perpendicular axes to each other.