Caustics, Catastrophes and Wave Fields
Caustics, Catastrophes and Wave Fields in a sense continues the treatment of the earlier volume 6 "Geometrical Optics of Inhomogeneous Media" by analysing caustics and their fields on the basis of modern catastrophe theory. The present volume covers local and uniform caustic asymptotic exp...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1993, 1993
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1993 |
Series: | Springer Series on Wave Phenomena
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Caustics, Catastrophes and Wave Fields in a sense continues the treatment of the earlier volume 6 "Geometrical Optics of Inhomogeneous Media" by analysing caustics and their fields on the basis of modern catastrophe theory. The present volume covers local and uniform 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 |
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Physical Description: | online resource |
ISBN: | 9783642974915 |