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The acoustic wave-equation for wavefield, , in a generalized
Riemannian space is,
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(5) |
where the is frequency, is the propagation slowness, and
is the Laplacian operator,
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(6) |
Substituting equation 6 into 5 generates
a Helmholtz equation appropriate for propagating waves through a 3D
space,
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(7) |
Expanding the derivative terms and multiplying through by yields ,
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(8) |
Defining nj as,
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(9) |
leads to a more compact notation of equation 8,
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(10) |
Developing a wave-equation dispersion relation is achieved by
replacing the partial differential operators acting on wavefield
with their Fourier domain duals,
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(11) |
where is the Fourier domain dual of differential operator
. Equation 11 represents
the dispersion relationship for wavefield propagation on a generalized
3-D Riemannian space.