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On the Ray-Wavefront Duality

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Abstract
We investigate the behavior of the solutions of the ray equation in isotropic media. We discuss local and global transversals and wavefronts and give examples of rays without wavefronts.
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Subject: Physical Sciences  -   Optics and Photonics
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