A note on an inverse scattering problem
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- by John F. Ahner and Charles S. Kahane PDF
- Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 73 (1979), 88-91 Request permission
Abstract:
Here it is shown that the inverse scattering problem of a plane wave incident off a spherically symmetric medium is an improperly posed problem and that if a continuous index of refraction exists, then it is unique.References
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- © Copyright 1979 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 73 (1979), 88-91
- MSC: Primary 35R30; Secondary 35P25, 78A45
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1979-0512064-4
- MathSciNet review: 512064