Finite moment problems and applications to multiphase computations in geometric optics (Q2493364)

The authors consider the finite Markov moment problem for a kinetic density and study a simple inversion algorithm for this type of problems. They focus on two special cases arising from applications to multiphase geometric optics computations where the inverse problem can be carried out in a restricted class of given densities. They present a simple algorithm for the inversion of Markov's moment problem which appears in the treatment of Brenier and Corrias ``\(K\)-multibranch solutions'' and study Stieltjes' algorithm in order to process moment systems arising from a Wigner analysis. Numerical experiments for moderately intricate wave-fields are also provided.