`Into a mist': asymptotic theories on a caustic

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(97)00010-5zbMath1222.78001MaRDI QIDQ639795

Robert W. Batterman

Publication date: 11 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03) Physics (00A79) Physical optics (78A10)

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