"This book includes in revised form materials from certain articles by the author and Chapters 1, 4, 6, and 7 of his book on PTD [Metod kraevykh voln v fizicheskoĭ teorii difrakt︠s︡ii]"--Page xv.

Originally published: Encino, Calif. : Tech Science Press, 2003, in series: Contemporary research on emerging sciences and technology.

Supplements Fundamental of the physical theory of diffraction (Wiley, 2007)--P. 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-408) and index.

Foreword / K.M. Mitzner -- Review of Edge Diffraction Techniques -- Diffraction of Electromagnetic Waves at Black Bodies : Generalization of Kirchhoff-Kottler Theory -- Edge Diffraction at Convex Perfectly Conducting Bodies: Elements of the Physical Theory of Diffraction -- Edge Diffraction at Concave Surfaces: Extension of the Physical Theory of Diffraction -- Measurement of Radiation from Diffraction / Nonuniform Currents -- Analysis of Wedge Diffraction Using the Parabolic Equation Method -- Current Waves on Thin Conductors and Strips -- Radiation of Edge Waves : Theory Based on the Reciprocity Theorem -- Functional and Integral Equations for Strip Diffraction (Neumann Boundary Problem) -- Asymptotic Representation for the Current Density on a Strip -- Asymptotic Representation for the Scattering Pattern -- Plane Wave Diffraction at a Strip Oriented in the Direction of Polarization (Dirichlet Boundary Problem) -- Edge Diffraction at Open-Ended Parallel Plate Resonator.