Note on the numerical construction of geodesics and ray paths

DOI10.1090/QAM/1262326zbMATH Open0796.34015OpenAlexW2341103073MaRDI QIDQ4288936FDOQ4288936

Authors: Carl E. Pearson 

Publication date: 25 September 1994

Published in: Quarterly of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/1262326

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zbMATH Keywords

variational problemboundary value problemEuler equationsgeodesicshortest path

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical solution of boundary value problems involving ordinary differential equations (65L10) Numerical analysis in abstract spaces (65J99) Numerical methods in optimal control (49M99)

Cited In (2)

• Numerical solution of geodesic through two given points on a simple surface
• Ray optics on surfaces

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