Invisibility and inverse problems

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-97

  Greenleaf, Allan ^a   Kurylev, Yaroslav ^b   Lassas, Matti ^c   Uhlmann, Gunther ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 58749108876     PISSN: 02730979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01232-9     Document Type: Article

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