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Wavefronts and Rays: As Characteristics and Asymptotics - Rilegato

Bona, Andrej; Slawinski, Michael A.

 
9789814295512: Wavefronts and Rays: As Characteristics and Asymptotics
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 9814295515 ISBN 13: 9789814295512
Casa editrice: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2011

Sinossi

This textbook incorporated with many illuminating examples and exercises is aimed at graduate students of physical sciences and engineering. The purpose is to provide a background of physics and underlying mathematics for the concept of rays, filling the gap between mathematics and physics textbooks for a coherent treatment of all topics. The authors' emphasis and extremely good presentation of the theory of characteristics, which defines the rays, accentuate the beauty and versatility of this theory. To this end, the rigour of the formulation by a pure mathematician's standards is downplayed to highlight the physical meaning and to make the subject accessible to a wider audience. The authors describe in detail the theory of characteristics for different types of differential equations, the applications to wave propagation in different types of media, and the phenomena such as caustics.

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This textbook incorporated with many illuminating examples and exercises is aimed at graduate students of physical sciences and engineering. The purpose is to provide a background of physics and underlying mathematics for the concept of rays, filling the gap between mathematics and physics textbooks for a coherent treatment of all topics. The authors' emphasis and extremely good presentation of the theory of characteristics, which defines the rays, accentuate the beauty and versatility of this theory. To this end, the rigour of the formulation by a pure mathematician's standards is downplayed to highlight the physical meaning and to make the subject accessible to a wider audience. The authors describe in detail the theory of characteristics for different types of differential equations, the applications to wave propagation in different types of media, and the phenomena such as caustics.

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Editore
World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
9814295515
ISBN 13 
9789814295512
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
276
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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