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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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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: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages 60 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9783642598876 (electronic bk.) 3642598870 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0931-7252 ; |