Inverse problems of the linear theory of radiation transport in a plane layer of a medium scattering and absorbing radiation

An analytical method of investigating inverse problems of linear transport theory in a plane layer is proposed in the paper.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 117, pp. 123–133, 1981.     

Explicit expression for the fundamental solution to the Cauchy problem for the one-velocity Boltzmann equation in the case of a one-dimensional isotropic medium

We construct the fundamental solution E(t, x, s; s₀) to the Cauchy problem of the one-velocity linear Boltzmann problem in the case of an isotropic medium:

Approximation of the Bitsadze-Samarskii inverse problem for an elliptic equation with the dirichlet conditions

An inverse problem for an elliptic equation in a Banach space with the Bitsadze-Samarskii conditions is considered. The suggested approach uses the notion of a general approximation scheme, the theory of C ₀-semigroups of operators, and methods of functional analysis.     

Generalized differential equation arising in the solution of the inverse scattering problem in a layered medium

We consider a nonclassical ordinary differential equation containing not only an unknown function but also an unknown coefficient depending on the unknown function. We show that if the desired solution is assumed to have bounded variation and be a.e. constant on the interval where the equation is considered, then the problem of finding the solution and the unknown coefficient does not have a unique solution in terms of the classical derivative. We prove that if the derivative is understood as a distribution, than this problem has a unique solution. These results are used to show that the acoustic impedance and the damping factor in the inverse scattering problem in a layered dissipative medium can be determined simultaneously.     

The inverse problem of determining the source in the stationary transport equation on a riemannian manifold

The transport equation with an unknown right-hand side is considered on a compact Riemannian manifold. The right-hand side of this equation is recovered from values of the outcoming flow. Assumptions under which the solution of the inverse problem is unique are formulated.Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 239, 1997, pp. 236–242.     

A numerical way of solving the inverse problem for the wave equation in a medium with local inhomogeneity

The inverse problem of determining the boundary of local inhomogeneity for measuring a field in a bounded receivers location domain in a three-dimensional medium is considered for the wave equation. The problem is reduced to a system of integral equations. An iteration approach to solving the inverse problem is proposed, and the results from numerical experiments are presented.     

On inverse scattering for the wave equation with a potential term via the Lax-Phillips theory: A simple proof

The inverse scattering problem for the perturbed wave equation (1) □u + V(x)u = 0 in $\text{Ω=R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$ (n = odd ? 3) is considered. Here the potentials V(x) are real, smooth, with compact support and non-negative. We apply the Lax and Phillips theory, together with some properties of solutions of a Dirichlet problem associated with the operator ?Δ + V(x) to show, in a very simple way, that the scattering operator S(V) associated with (1) determines uniquely the scatterer, provided that a fixed sign condition on the potentials is satisfied. We also show that the map V → S(V) is once-differentiable.     

Quasi-classical approach to the inverse scattering problem for the KdV equation,and solution of the Whitham modulation equations

We consider an initial value problem for the KdV equation in the limit of weak dispersion. This model describes the formation and evolution in time of a nondissipative shock wave in plasma. Using the perturbation theory in power series of a small dispersion parameter, we arrive at the Riemann simple wave equation. Once the simple wave is overturned, we arrive at the system of Whitham modulation equations that describes the evolution of the resulting nondissipative shock wave. The idea of the approach developed in this paper is to study the asymptotic behavior of the exact solution in the limit of weak dispersion, using the solution given by the inverse scattering problem technique. In the study of the problem, we use the WKB approach to the direct scattering problem and use the formulas for the exact multisoliton solution of the inverse scattering problem. By passing to the limit, we obtain a finite set of relations that connects the space-time parameters x, t and the modulation parameters of the nondissipative shock wave.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 106, No. 1, pp. 44–61, January, 1996.