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We consider an inverse boundary value problem for determining unknown scatterers, which is governed by the Helmholtz equation in a bounded domain. To address this, we develop a novel convex data-fitting formulation that is capable of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-18 Sarah Eberle-Blick , Bastian Harrach , Xianchao Wang

We formulate the Schiffer's conjecture in spectral geometry in the context of scattering theory. The problem is equivalent to finding a non-trivial solution in an interior transmission problem. We compare the back-scattering data of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-18 Lung-Hui Chen

A one-dimensional generalized nonlinear Schroedinger equation is considered, and the corresponding inverse scattering problem is analyzed when the potential is compactly supported and depends on the wave function. The unique recovery of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tuncay Aktosun , Vassilis G. Papanicolaou , Vassilis Zisis

A simple idea of finding a domain that encloses an unknown discontinuity embedded in a body is introduced by considering an inverse boundary value problem for the heat equation. The idea gives a design of a special heat flux on the surface…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-09 Masaru Ikehata

We explore systematically a rigorous theory of the inverse scattering transforms with matrix Riemann-Hilbert problems for both focusing and defocusing modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equations with non-zero boundary conditions (NZBCs) at…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2020-12-08 Guoqiang Zhang , Zhenya Yan

In this article, we consider the focusing cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation(NLS) in the exterior domain outside of a convex obstacle in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We revisit the scattering result below ground…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Chengbin Xu , Tengfei Zhao , Jiqiang Zheng

In this paper, we present the first uniqueness result on the bounded time inverse scattering problem for a semilinear Dirac equation with smooth nonlinearity $F(x, z)$ where $(x, z)\in \mathbb{R}^3\times \mathbb{C}^4$ and $x$ is the spatial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-16 Yuchao Yi

We study an inverse random obstacle scattering problems in $\mathbb{R}^2$ where the scatterer is formulated by a Gaussian process defined on the angular parameter domain. Equipped with a modified covariance function which is mathematically…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Zhiqi Sun , Xiang Xu , Yiwen Lin

We discuss a time-harmonic inverse scattering problem for the Helmholtz equation with compactly supported penetrable and possibly inhomogeneous scattering objects in an unbounded homogeneous background medium, and we develop a monotonicity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-01 Roland Griesmaier , Bastian Harrach

Periodic surface structures are nowadays standard building blocks of optical devices. If such structures are illuminated by aperiodic time-harmonic incident waves as, e.g., Gaussian beams, the resulting surface scattering problem must be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-05 Armin Lechleiter , Ruming Zhang

This paper gives a remark on the Enclosure Method by considering inverse obstacle scattering problems with a single incident wave whose governing equation is given by the Helmholtz equation in two dimensions. It is concerned with the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-09-21 Masaru Ikehata

This paper is concerned with time domain forward scattering and inverse scattering problems with a single moving point source as the emitter. Approximate solutions are provided for the forward scattering problem with a moving emitter.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-13 Yu Sun , Bo Chen , Peng Gao , Qiuyi Li , Yao Sun

We consider initial boundary value problems for one-dimensional diffusion equation with time-fractional derivative of order $\alpha \in (0,1)$ which are subject to non-zero Neumann boundary conditions. We prove the uniqueness for an inverse…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-25 W. Rundell , M. Yamamoto

The following conjecture has been known for many decades as Schiffer's symmetry problem (or Schiffer's conjecture): Assume that $\Delta u+k^2u=0$ in $D$, $u|_S=0$, $u_N|_S=1$, where $D\subset \mathbb{R}^3$ is a bounded, connected,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-13 A. G. Ramm

The Newton-Sabatier method for solving inverse scattering problem with fixed-energy phase shifts for a sperically symmetric potential is discussed. It is shown that this method is fundamentally wrong: in general it cannot be carried…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 A. G. Ramm

Scattering is defined on compact manifolds with boundary which are equipped with an asymptotically hyperbolic metric, $g.$ A model form is established for such metrics close to the boundary. It is shown that the scattering matrix at energy…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mark S. Joshi , Antonio Sa Barreto

The multiple-Dirichlet-to-Neumann (multiple-DtN) non-reflecting boundary condition is adapted to acoustic scattering from obstacles embedded in the half-plane. The multiple-DtN map is coupled with the method of images as an alternative…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-01-03 Sebastian Acosta , Vianey Villamizar , Bruce Malone

An inverse obstacle scattering problem for the wave governed by the Maxwell system in the time domain, in particular, over a finite time interval is considered. It is assumed that the electric field $\mbox{\boldmath $E$}$ and magnetic field…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-25 Masaru Ikehata

In conventional scattering theory, to obtain an explicit result, one imposes a precondition that the distance between target and observer is infinite. With the help of this precondition, one can asymptotically replace the Hankel function…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-06-23 Tong Liu , Wen-Du Li , Wu-Sheng Dai

In this paper, we consider the inverse scattering problem associated with an inhomogeneous media with a conductive boundary. First, we discuss the inverse conductivity problem of reconstructing the conductivity parameter from scattering…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-12 Isaac Harris , Andreas Kleefeld