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Eikonal equation

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non-linear partial differential equation encountered in problems of wave propagation

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geometrical optics

WKB approximation

International Standard Book Number

digital object identifier

Maxwell's equations

William Rowan Hamilton

Schrödinger equation

refractive index

Euclidean space

Vladimir Arnold

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Geometrical optics Nonlinear partial differential equations

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