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What mathematics would I need to know in order to build a 2.5D raycasting engine

I realize this is a fairly common-type question, but I've been studying Maths in my spare time, fairly slowly at that, and I really want to develop a raycasting engine like the original DOOM. I know ...
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Why do we use physics engines for collision testing or raycasting?

There is a thing I don't understand about game engines: why it is so common to use physics engines to do raycasting or collision testing? Say that you have a 3D scene loaded in your scene manager ...