On the Theory of Complex Rays

DOI10.1137/S0036144599352058zbMath0935.78004OpenAlexW2094046716MaRDI QIDQ4699111

R. H. Tew, J. M. H. Lawry, John R. Ockendon, S. Jonathan Chapman

Publication date: 23 November 1999

Published in: SIAM Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/s0036144599352058

zbMATH Keywords

Helmholtz equationgeometrical opticsgeometrical theory of diffractionStokes' phenomenonexponential asymptotics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Singular perturbations in context of PDEs (35B25) Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Hydro- and aero-acoustics (76Q05) Geometric optics (78A05)

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