%0 Journal Article %A Ockendon, JR %A Ockendon, H %A Tew, RH %A Hewett, DP %A Gibbs, A %D 2024 %F discovery:10184848 %I Elsevier BV %J Wave Motion %K Canonical scattering, Caustic, Popov inflection point problem, Stationary phase, Steepest descent %T A caustic terminating at an inflection point %U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10184848/ %V 125 %X We present an asymptotic and numerical study of the evolution of an incoming wavefield which has a caustic close to a curve with an inflection point. Our results reveal the emergence of a wavefield which resembles that of a shadow boundary but has a maximum amplitude along the tangent at the inflection point. %Z This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/