Abstract
Based on Kawaguchi space, a seismic ray path through an anisotropic medium corresponds to an arclength under Zermelo's condition. From a special function in Kawaguchi space, we obtain some Finslerian metrics (mth root metric or 1-form metric). Considering a variational problem of the seismic ray, Snell's law is derived from Euler's vector, and envelopes of seismic wavefront are classified by m-values in seismic Finsler metric. Moreover, we discuss the relation between Kawaguchi space and another ray theory.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 130-135 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 Feb |
Keywords
- Higher-order geometry
- Seismic ray
- Snell's law
- mth root metric
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analysis
- Engineering(all)
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics