Mathematical theory of diffraction. Translated from the 1896 German edition and with an introduction by Raymond J. Nagem, Mario Zampolli and Guido Sandri. Appendix I by Joseph Priestley.

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Arnold Sommerfeld

Publication date: 6 January 2004

Published in: Progress in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann surfaceswave equationHelmholtz equationmathematical theory of diffractionSommerfeld half-plane problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics (01A75) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to partial differential equations (35-02) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to optics and electromagnetic theory (78-02)

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