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Turning-point enhancement of wave amplitude (φ=O(ε−1/6))

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Wave equation Dispersion relation Ray tracing Hamiltonian ray equations for a local dispersion relation Simple turning point of a variable-speed wave Airy scaling at a variable-speed wave turning point
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A simple ray turning point has outer amplitude proportional to ∣Y−Ys​∣−1/4. At the Airy scaling at a variable-speed wave turning point, ∣Y−Ys​∣=O(ε2/3), this gives an inner wavefield of size O(ε−1/6) when the incident action normalization is order one. The enhancement is finite for nonzero ε and is resolved by the Airy function.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / iii / Paper 336 / 3 / Solution

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