Format:
1 Online-Ressource (59 illus)
ISBN:
9783642974915
,
9783642974939
Series Statement:
Springer Series on Wave Phenomena 15
Note:
Caustics, Catastrophes and Wave Fields in a sense continues the treatment of the earlier volume 6 "Geometrical Optics of Inhomogeneous Media" by analysing caustics and their fields on the basis of modern catastrophe theory. The present volume covers local and uniform caustic asymptotic expansions: The Lewis-Kravtsov method of standard functions, Maslov's method of canonical operators , Orlov's method of interference integrals, as well as their modifications for penumbra, space-time, random and other types of caustics. All the methods are amply illustrated by worked problems concerning relevant wave-field applications
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-97491-5
