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In this paper, we consider an acoustic wave transmission problem with mixed boundary conditions of Dirichlet, Neumann, and impedance type. The transmission interfaces may join the domain boundary in a general way independent of the location…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-07 Sarah Eberle , Francesco Florian , Ralf Hiptmair , Stefan A. Sauter

A rigorous reduction of the many-body wave scattering problem to solving a linear algebraic system is given bypassing solving the usual system of integral equation. The limiting case of infinitely many small particles embedded into a medium…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. G. Ramm

By mean of generalized Fourier series and Parseval's equality in weighted $L^{2}$--spaces, we derive a sharp energy estimate for the wave equation in a bounded interval with a moving endpoint. Then, we show the observability, in a sharp…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-13 Abdelmouhcene Sengouga

The formation of extreme localizations in nonlinear dispersive media can be explained and described within the framework of nonlinear evolution equations, such as the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS). Within the class of exact NLS…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-04-01 Amin Chabchoub , Mathias Fink

An inverse obstacle problem for the wave equation in a two layered medium is considered. It is assumed that the unknown obstacle is penetrable and embedded in the lower half-space. The wave as a solution of the wave equation is generated by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-07 Masaru Ikehata , Mishio Kawashita

This paper is concerned with the asymptotic behavior of the solution to the Euler equations with time-depending damping on quadrant $(x,t)\in \mathbb{R}^+\times\mathbb{R}^+$, \begin{equation}\notag \partial_t v - \partial_x u=0, \qquad…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-08-31 Haibo Cui , Haiyan Yin , Changjiang Zhu , Limei Zhu

High frequency estimates for the Dirichlet-to-Neumann and Neumann-to-Dirichlet operators are obtained for the Helmholtz equation in the exterior of bounded obstacles. These a priori estimates are used to study the scattering of plane waves…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-07-18 Evgeny Lakshtanov , Boris Vainberg

An inverse problem for the wave equation outside an obstacle with a {\it dissipative boundary condition} is considered. The observed data are given by a single solution of the wave equation generated by an initial data supported on an open…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-07-22 Masaru Ikehata

We propose a new radiation condition for an infinite inhomogeneous two-dimensional medium which is periodic in the vertical direction and remains invariant in the horizontal direction. The classical Rayleigh-expansion radiation condition…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Guanghui Hu , Andreas Rathsfeld , Jiayi Zhang , Ruming Zhang

This paper studies an inverse hyperbolic problem for the wave equation with dynamic boundary conditions. It consists of determining some forcing terms from the final overdetermination of the displacement. First, the Fr\'echet…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-28 S. E. Chorfi , G. El Guermai , L. Maniar , W. Zouhair

In this paper we consider the problem of recovering the conformal factor in a conformal class of Riemannian metrics from the boundary measurement of one wave field. More precisely, using boundary control operators, we derive an explicit…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-30 Sebastian Acosta

In this paper, using the approximate particular solutions of Helmholtz equations, we solve the boundary value problems of Helmholtz equations by combining the methods of fundamental solutions (MFS) with the methods of particular solutions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-27 Adam Johnson

When a signal is emitted from a source, recorded by an array of transducers, time reversed and re-emitted into the medium, it will refocus approximately on the source location. We analyze the refocusing resolution in a high frequency,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 George Papanicolaou , Leonid Ryzhik , Knut Solna

Time-reversal symmetry allows waves to retrace their paths through complex media and refocus at their origin. However, incomplete capture and reversal of scattered waves often limits pulse recompression. We address this challenge for…

In this paper, we study the rapid stabilization of an unstable wave equation, in which an unknown disturbance is located at the boundary condition. We address two different boundary conditions: Dirichlet- Dirichlet and Dirichlet-Neumann. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Patricio Guzmán , Agustín Huerta , Hugo Parada

The time-frequency integrals and the two-dimensional stationary phase method are applied to study the electromagnetic waves radiated by moving modulated sources in dispersive media. We show that such unified approach leads to explicit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-12-11 Gennadiy Burlak , Vladimir Rabinovich

We consider the stability in the inverse problem consisting of the determination of a time-dependent coefficient of order zero $q$, appearing in a Dirichlet initial-boundary value problem for a wave equation $\partial_t^2u-\Delta…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-02-01 Yavar Kian

Thermo- and photo- acoustic tomography require reconstructing initial acoustic pressure in a body from time series of pressure measured on a surface surrounding the body. For the classical case of free space wave propagation, various…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-23 B. Holman , L. Kunyansky

In this paper, we develop and numerically implement a novel approach for solving the inverse source problem of the acoustic wave equation in three dimensions. By injecting a small high-contrast droplet into the medium, we exploit the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Shutong Hou , Mourad Sini , Haibing Wang

This paper addresses the inverse problem of simultaneously recovering multiple unknown parameters for semilinear wave equations from boundary measurements. We consider an initial-boundary value problem for a wave equation with a general…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Dong Qiu , Xiang Xu , Yeqiong Ye , Ting Zhou