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This chapter investigates the global geometric properties of caustics and critical curves due to single and multiple plane gravitational lensing, including links between a gravitational lens and the curvature of its caustics. In other words, the chapter addresses Problems M3, M4, and M5.
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Petters, A.O., Levine, H., Wambsganss, J. (2001). Global Geometry of Caustics. In: Singularity Theory and Gravitational Lensing. Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol 21. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0145-8_15
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