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Lecture 18
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Lecture notes on the eikonal equation, amplitude and curvature along rays, behavior near caustic, caustic expansion, Wentzel–Kramer–Brillioun–Jeffreys (WKBJ) approximation, turning points, connection formulas and airy functions, and matching.
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