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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" in the present book series, by analysing caustics and their fields on the basis of modern catastrophe theory. This volume covers the key generalisat...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
1999.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Springer series on wave phenomena ;
15. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages 60 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9783642598876 3642598870 |
| ISSN: | 0931-7252 ; |