New ray (characteristic) equations for the equations of physics; Hamilton-Jacobi theory in more-dimensional space

Pure and Applied Optics (Print edition) (United Kingdom)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-282

  Hoenders, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SOLITONS;

CHARACTERISTIC EQUATIONS; HAMILTON JACOBI EQUATIONS; SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0030134535     PISSN: 09639659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-9659/5/3/004     Document Type: Article

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