Dynamics of wave propagation and curvature of discriminants

Authors
Citation
Vp. Palamodov, Dynamics of wave propagation and curvature of discriminants, ANN I FOUR, 50(6), 2000, pp. 1945
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
ANNALES DE L INSTITUT FOURIER
ISSN journal
03730956 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0373-0956(2000)50:6<1945:DOWPAC>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
For a Lagrange distribution of order zero we consider a quadratic integral which has logarithmic divergence at the singular locus of the distribution. The residue of the asymptotics is a Hermitian form evaluated in the space of positive distributions supported in the locus. An asymptotic analysis of the residue density is given in terms of the curvature form of the locus. We state a conservation law for the residue of the impulse-energy tensor of solutions of the wave equation which extends the classical conservation la w in the geometrical optics.