Talk:Eikonal equation

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F(x) = speed or cost?

$|\nabla u(x)|F(x)=1$

where F(x) is the speed at x.

$|\nabla u(x)|=F(x)$

where F(x) is the cost at x.

Mathworld

I removed the link to mathworld, which had no content except the definition of the equation (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/EikonalEquation.html): Who put that link? Why does wikipedia math systematically links to mathworld when almost all pages have much less content than the wikipedia page itself? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.77.5.45 (talk) 13:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Needs tidying!

this page really needs tidying up! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.88.194.194 (talk) 15:38, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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I think, the Section containing the mathematical description needs a review. It should be explained better, why this particular ansatz is made for the characteristic equation (Transformation of a fully nonlinear 1st order equation into a quasilinear 2nd order equation by differentiating it). Further, some notations are confusing or even wrong (no offense meant, sorry): example: $\partial _{x_{0}}H$, since $x_{0}$ is not introduced at this stage and either way it does not make sense. It is not clear (at least for me), how $\nabla u$ is defined in $x_{0}$ if u is initially only known along a submanifold. Will try working on it, if I find the time. Longmatt (talk) 23:08, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

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