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Caustics, Catastrophes and Wave Fields

By Yu.A. Kravtsov , Yu.I. Orlov , M.G. Edelev

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1999
ISBN
9783540642275, 3540642277
LCC
QC383 .K7 1999
Open Library ID
OL365853M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2113768 bytes)
Series
Springer Series on Wave Phenomena
Edition
2ed.
Pages
228\228
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

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 caonical 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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