§36.2 Catastrophes and Canonical Integrals
Contents
- §36.2(i) Definitions
- §36.2(ii) Special Cases
- §36.2(iii) Symmetries
- §36.2(iv) Addendum to 36.2(ii) Special Cases
§36.2(i) Definitions
¶ Normal Forms Associated with Canonical Integrals:
Cuspoid Catastrophe with Codimension
36.2.1
Special cases:
, fold catastrophe;
, cusp catastrophe;
, swallowtail catastrophe.
¶ Normal Forms for Umbilic Catastrophes with Codimension
36.2.2
,
(elliptic umbilic).
36.2.3
,
(hyperbolic umbilic).
¶ Canonical Integrals
36.2.4
36.2.5
.
36.2.6
with the contour passing to the lower right of
.
36.2.7
36.2.8
with the contour passing to the upper right of
.
36.2.9
§36.2(ii) Special Cases
36.2.12
is related to the Airy function (§9.2):
36.2.13
is the Pearcey integral (Pearcey (1946)):
36.2.14
(Other notations also appear in the literature.)
36.2.15
36.2.16
36.2.17

odd,

even,

even.
Addendum: For further special cases see §36.2(iv)
§36.2(iii) Symmetries
36.2.22
,
.
36.2.23
,
.
36.2.24
.
36.2.25
36.2.26
(rotation by
in
plane).
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§36.2(iv) Addendum to 36.2(ii) Special Cases
36.2.28
,

36.2.29
.
Here the functions
and
are the complex conjugates of the functions
and
, respectively.


