Inverse scattering results for manifolds hyperbolic near infinity (Q535599)

The inverse resonance problem for conformally compact manifolds which are hyperbolic outside a compact set is investigated. The inverse problem of recovering an asymptotically hyperbolic metric from the associated scattering data has many possible variants. It is well-known that the resonance set does not determine an asymptotically hyperbolic manifold completely, even in the exactly hyperbolic case. One can obtain strong positive results by assuming knowledge of the scattering matrix itself. For surfaces, a result of \textit{M. Lassas} and \textit{G. Uhlmann} [Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér. (4) 34, No.~5, 771--787 (2001; Zbl 0992.35120)] shows that the scattering matrix at the point \(s=1\) determines the metric up to isometry. The corresponding result for even dimensional conformally compact Einstein manifolds was proved by \textit{C. Guillarmou} and \textit{A. Sá Barreto} [Inverse Probl. Imaging 3, No.~1, 1--15 (2009; Zbl 1229.58025)]. Another recent inverse result of \textit{A. Sá Barreto} [Duke Math. J. 129, No.~3, 407--480 (2005; Zbl 1154.58310)] shows that an asymptotically hyperbolic manifold is completely determined by the scattering matrix at all energies. The authors prove topological finiteness and geometric compactness results in the context of conformally compact manifolds hyperbolic near infinity, for isoresonant classes in even dimensions and isophasal classes in odd dimensions. The results include compactness of isoresonant metrics in dimension two and of isophasal negatively curved metrics in dimension three. In dimensions four or higher, the authors prove topological finiteness theorems under the negative curvature assumption.