Caustics, Catastrophes and Wave Fields:
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Main Author: Kravtsov, Yu. A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1993
Edition:Second Edition
Series:Springer Series on Wave Phenomena 15
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Caustics, Catastrophes and Wave Fields in a sense continues the treatment of the earlier volume 6 "Geometrical Optics of Inhomogeneous Media" in the present book series, by analysing caustics and their fields on the basis of modern catastrophe theory. This volume covers the key generalisations of geometrical optics related to caustic asymptotic expansions: The Lewis-Kravtsov method of standard functions, Maslov's method of canonical operators, Orlov's method of interference integrals, as well as their modifications for penumbra, space-time, random and other types of caustics. All the methods are amply illustrated by worked problems concerning relevant wave-field applications
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XII, 216p. 60 illus)
ISBN:9783642598876
9783642641671
ISSN:0931-7252
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-59887-6

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