On the Theory of Complex Rays

DOI10.1137/S0036144599352058MaRDI QIDQ4699111zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. M. H. Lawry, R. H. Tew, S. Jonathan Chapman, John R. Ockendon

Publication date 23 November 1999

Published in SIAM Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1137/s0036144599352058

zbMATH Keywords

exponential asymptoticsgeometrical opticsgeometrical theory of diffractionHelmholtz equationStokes' phenomenon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singular perturbations in context of PDEs (35B25) Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Hydro- and aero-acoustics (76Q05) Geometric optics (78A05) Diffraction, scattering (78A45)

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