Topological features of the polarization fields of plane acoustic waves in anisotropic media

DOI10.1098/rspa.1998.0286zbMath0927.74038OpenAlexW2171287801MaRDI QIDQ4224045

Alexander L. Shuvalov

Publication date: 19 December 1999

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1998.0286

zbMATH Keywords

Poincaré theoryprojections of unit vectors of polarization field on unit spheretopological local charge

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anisotropy in solid mechanics (74E10) Bulk waves in solid mechanics (74J10)

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