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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the geometrical theory of diffraction -- Canonical problems and nonuniform asymptotic theory of acoustic wave diffraction -- Uniform asymptotic theory of acoustic wave diffraction -- Wave field near a caustic -- Hybrid diffraction coefficients -- A brief presentation of the governing equations for wave processes in fluids -- A brief presentation of the governing equations of linearized elasticity -- Surface waves -- General formulas for the principal radii of curvature of the reflected wave front on a three-dimensional surface -- Symmetric form of the maliuzhinets diffraction coefficient -- Elements of the determinant of the boundary conditions for a circular elastic shell in a fluid.