Time-evolution of a caustic

DOI10.1155/S0161171288000973MaRDI QIDQ909110zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nasit Ari, Arthur D. Gorman

Publication date 1988

Published in International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/46450

zbMATH Keywords

causticsLagrange manifoldturning pointswave propagation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singular perturbations, turning point theory, WKB methods for ordinary differential equations (34E20) Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Second-order hyperbolic equations (35L10)

Review text

Summary: The Lagrange manifold formalism is adapted to study the time-evolution of caustics associated with high frequency wave propagation in media with both spatial and temporal inhomogeneities.

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