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The high-frequency asymptotics of solutions of wave equations are described by ray theory in which the wave energy propagates along a set of curves in space-time, called rays. Two examples of ray theories are the geometrical optics theory of light and semi-classical quantum mechanics. When applicable, ray theory is extremely powerful and it often provide surprisingly accurate quantitative results.
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Hunter, J.K. (1997). Nonlinear wave diffraction. In: Colombini, F., Lerner, N. (eds) Geometrical Optics and Related Topics. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications, vol 32. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2014-5_10
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