Applications of cone structures to the anisotropic rheonomic Huygens' principle

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Abstract: A general framework for the description of classic wave propagation is introduced. This relies on a cone structure C determined by an intrinsic space Sigma of velocities of propagation (point, direction and time-dependent) and an observers' vector field partialt whose integral curves provide both a Zermelo problem for the wave and an auxiliary Lorentz-Finsler metric G compatible with C. The PDE for the wavefront is reduced to the ODE for the t-parametrized cone geodesics of C. Particular cases include time-independence (partialt is Killing for G), infinitesimally ellipsoidal propagation (G can be replaced by a Lorentz metric) or the case of a medium which moves with respect to partialt faster than the wave (the strong wind case of a sound wave), where a conic time-dependent Finsler metric emerges. The specific case of wildfire propagation is revisited.




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