stationary phase approximation

noun

A principle of asymptotic analysis that relies on the cancellation of sinusoids with rapidly varying phase.

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nounstationary phase approximation (plural stationary phase approximations)

plural stationary phase approximations

  1. mathematicsA principle of asymptotic analysis that relies on the cancellation of sinusoids with rapidly varying phase.
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