Contents

• Abstract
• Introduction
  • Rationale
  • Literature review
  • My previous work
  • Inhomogeneity
  • Anisotropy
  • Asymptotic solutions/ray theory
  • Equations of motion
  
  
• Research topics
  • Investigating equations of motion
  • Standard method of characteristics
  • Principal symbols, and their application to characteristics
  • Fourier-integral operators and related mathematics
  • Practical implementation
  
  
• Originality and timeline
  • Originality
  • Timeline
  
  
• Logistical and financial support
  • Financial support
  • Logistical support
  
  
• References
• The thirty-by-thirty matrix of coefficients
• Determinant of the thirty-by-thirty matrix
• Principal symbol characteristic results
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