Wavefronts and rays: As characteristics and asymptotics

Wavefronts and Rays as Characteristics and Asymptotics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-277

  Bóna, Andrej ^a   Slawinski, Michael A ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STUDENTS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASYMPTOTICS; GRADUATE STUDENTS; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; PHYSICAL SCIENCE;

TEXTBOOKS;

EID: 84967647208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/7639     Document Type: Book

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