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Mathematical Theory of Diffraction

Arnold Sommerfeld
Publisher: 
Birkhäuser
Publication Date: 
2004
Number of Pages: 
157
Format: 
Hardcover
Series: 
Progress in Mathematical Physics
Price: 
54.95
ISBN: 
0-8176-3604-8
Category: 
Monograph
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Preface.- Introduction.- Mathematical Theory of Diffraction.- General problem formulation.- Expansions in Bessel functions.- Transition formula.- Bessel functions as the simplest examples.- Everywhere finite solutions.- Solutions with a singularity.- Graphical treatment of the simplest multivalued solution.- Application to diffraction.- Tafel.- Translators' Notes.- Appendix I: The History and Present State of Discoveries relating to Vision, Light and Colours, Joseph Priestley, London, 1772, pp. 171-182.- Index.