Using continuous Feynman integrals in the mathematical apparatus of geometrical and wave optics. A complex approach

Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 729-735

  Gitin, A V ^a  

^a VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

FEYNMAN INTEGRALS; HUYGENS FRESNEL PRINCIPLE; LEGENDRE TRANSFORMATIONS; STATIONARY PHASE METHOD;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0031199808     PISSN: 10709762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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