Reflection of singularities of solutions to the wave equation and the leading singularity of the scattering kernel

DOI10.1017/S0308210500012142zbMath0449.35062MaRDI QIDQ3895922

Hans-Dieter Alber

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

wave equation; reflection of singularities; progressing wave expansions; leading singularity; Lax-Phillips scattering kernel

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35P25: Scattering theory for PDEs

35L05: Wave equation

35A20: Analyticity in context of PDEs

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