Inverse backscattering for the acoustic equation

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1191-1204

  Stefanov, Flamen ^a,b   Uhlmann, Gunther ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic equation; Backscattering; Inverse problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346088998     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141096301853     Document Type: Article

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