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This paper studies the wave propagation method in a many-dimensional medium in order to find the cases where the eiconal equation is integrated in an explicit compact form.
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Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya (Contemporary Mathematics and Its Applications), Vol. 64, Equations of Mathematical Physics, 2009.
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Borovskikh, A.V. Eikonal equations for an inhomogeneous anisotropic medium. J Math Sci 164, 859–880 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-010-9770-y
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