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

DOI10.1017/S0308210500012142zbMath0449.35062OpenAlexW2137754411MaRDI QIDQ3895922

Hans-Dieter Alber

Publication date: 1980

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0308210500012142

zbMATH Keywords

wave equationreflection of singularitiesprogressing wave expansionsleading singularityLax-Phillips scattering kernel

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Scattering theory for PDEs (35P25) Wave equation (35L05) Analyticity in context of PDEs (35A20)

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