The theory of caustics and wave front singularities with physical applications

DOI10.1063/1.533316zbMath0974.58037arXivgr-qc/9906065MaRDI QIDQ2738013

Ezra T. Newman, Jürgen Ehlers

Publication date: 30 August 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9906065

zbMATH Keywords

singularities; Lagrangian submanifolds; Hamilton-Jacobi theory; eikonal equation; caustics; wave fronts; Legendrian submanifolds; null surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C99: General relativity

53D10: Contact manifolds (general theory)

53D12: Lagrangian submanifolds; Maslov index

58K35: Catastrophe theory

78A05: Geometric optics

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