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We consider the inverse problem of the reconstruction of the spatially distributed dielectric constant $\varepsilon_{r}\left(\mathbf{x}\right), \ \mathbf{x}\in \mathbb{R}^{3}$, which is an unknown coefficient in the Maxwell's equations,…

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We first review the usefulness of the Wigner distribution functions (WDF), associated with Lindblad and pre-master equations, for analyzing a host of problems in Quantum Optics where dissipation plays a major role, an arena where weak…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. F. O'Connell

This paper develops the numerical inverse scattering transform (NIST) framework for the coupled modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation based on its associated Riemann-Hilbert problem. The coupled system gives rise to a $3\times3$…

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The forward-backward splitting algorithm is a popular operator-splitting method for solving monotone inclusion of the sum of a maximal monotone operator and a cocoercive operator. In this paper, we present a new convergence analysis of a…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-30 Fuying Cui , Yuchao Tang , Chuanxi Zhu

The Calder\'on problem consists in recovering an unknown coefficient of a partial differential equation from boundary measurements of its solution. These measurements give rise to a highly nonlinear forward operator. As a consequence, the…

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We derive an analytic expression for the height correlation function of a rough surface based on the inverse wave scattering method of Kirchhoff theory. The expression directly relates the height correlation function to diffuse scattered…

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A convergence theory for the $hp$-FEM applied to a variety of constant-coefficient Helmholtz problems was pioneered in the papers [Melenk-Sauter, 2010], [Melenk-Sauter, 2011], [Esterhazy-Melenk, 2012], [Melenk-Parsania-Sauter, 2013]. This…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-08 David Lafontaine , Euan A. Spence , Jared Wunsch

An inverse scattering problems for the 3-D generalized Helmholtz equation is considered. Only the modulus of the complex valued scattered wave field is assumed to be measured and the phase is not measured. Uniqueness theorem is proved.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-07-15 Michael V. Klibanov

We consider spaces of trial wavefunctions for ground states and edge excitations in the fractional quantum Hall effect that can be obtained in various ways. In one way, functions are obtained by analyzing the entanglement of the ground…

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The recent results presented in arXiv:2202.05608 have led to significant developments in achieving stable approximations of Helmholtz solutions by plane wave superposition. The study shows that the numerical instability and ill-conditioning…

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Toda Conformal Field Theories (CFTs) form a family of 2d CFTs indexed by semisimple and complex Lie algebras. They are natural generalizations of the Liouville CFT in that they enjoy an enhanced level of symmetry encoded by W-algebras.…

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This paper develops a correspondence relating convex hulls of fractional functions with those of polynomial functions over the same domain. Using this result, we develop a number of new reformulations and relaxations for fractional…

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The numerical approximation of an inverse problem subject to the convection--diffusion equation when diffusion dominates is studied. We derive Carleman estimates that are on a form suitable for use in numerical analysis and with explicit…

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Inverse scattering problems have many important applications. In this paper, given limited aperture data, we propose a Bayesian method for the inverse acoustic scattering to reconstruct the shape of an obstacle. The inverse problem is…

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We study the Cauchy problem for the defocusing modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation with step-like initial data approaching nonzero constants $c_l$ and $c_r$ as $x \to -\infty$ and $x\to+\infty$, respectively. Assuming $c_l>c_r>0$,…

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In this paper, we address the existence of global solutions to the Cauchy problem of the modified Camassa-Holm (mCH) equation, which is known as a model for the unidirectional propagation of shallow water waves. Based on the spectral…

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We consider Lorentzian CFT Wightman functions in momentum space. In particular, we derive a set of reference formulas for computing two- and three-point functions, restricting our attention to three-point functions where the middle operator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-08 Nikhil Anand , Zuhair U. Khandker , Matthew T. Walters

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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