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This is Part II of the paper series on data-compatible T-matrix completion (DCTMC), which is a method for solving nonlinear inverse problems. Part I of the series contains theory and here we present simulations for inverse scattering of…

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Let $q(x)$ be real-valued compactly supported sufficiently smooth function. It is proved that the scattering data $A(\beta,\alpha_0,k)$ $\forall \beta\in S^2$, $\forall k>0,$ determine $q$ uniquely. Here $\alpha_0\in S^2$ is a fixed…

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In this work, we are devoted to the reconstruction of an unknown initial value from the terminal data. The asymptotic and root-distribution properties of Mittag-Leffler functions are used to establish stability of the backward problem.…

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In this paper we demonstrate a computational method to solve the inverse scattering problem for a star-shaped, smooth, penetrable obstacle in 2D. Our method is based on classical ideas from computational geometry. First, we approximate the…

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Dealing with the inverse source problem for the scalar wave equation, we have shown recently that we can reconstruct the space-time dependent source function from the measurement of the wave, collected at a single point $x$ for a large…

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The paper continues the analysis, started in [1] (Part I,arXiv:2302.04353), of the model open wave-guide problem defined by 2 semi-infinite, rectangular wave-guides meeting along a common perpendicular line. In Part I we reduce the solution…

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We establish sharp regional observability results for solutions of the wave equation in a bounded domain of $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, in case where the geometric control condition is not satisfied. Assuming that the waves are observed…

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