Abstract

Application of the laws of geometric optics to curved media presents few additional complications. The invariance of the wave-vector density of a wave grouplet, as deduced from Liouville's theorem in classical mechanics, is also true for curved media. The equations governing the spatial and time variation of wave spectra and ray paths on curved surfaces are developed.

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