In terms of the normal form (36.2.1) the satisfy the operator equation
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or explicitly,
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, fold: (36.10.1) becomes Airy’s equation (§9.2(i))
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, cusp:
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, swallowtail:
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, fold: (36.10.6) is an identity.
, cusp:
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, swallowtail:
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In terms of the normal forms (36.2.2) and (36.2.3), the satisfy the following operator equations
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where
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Explicitly,
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Equation (36.10.17) is the paraxial wave equation.