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On applying complex rays to calculation of scalar “Nongeometric” waves

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Main features of the ray method on a complex plane are briefly stated. As an example, the problem of an analytic description of a “nonradial” wave P* is considered. Bibliography: 10 titles.

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Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 186, pp. 20–32, 1990.

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Babich, V.M. On applying complex rays to calculation of scalar “Nongeometric” waves. J Math Sci 73, 308–316 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02362814

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