On the singularity index and the unfolding of the diffraction catastrophes

DOI10.1016/0165-2125(87)90043-6zbMath0603.73027OpenAlexW2026127221MaRDI QIDQ1082859

Michael G. Brown

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Wave Motion (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-2125(87)90043-6

zbMATH Keywords

diffraction catastrophecausticsunfoldinghigh-frequency wave propagationsingularity indexwavefield

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave scattering in solid mechanics (74J20) Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Catastrophe theory (58K35)

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• Wave propagation and Thom's theorem
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