Stable Solution of the Inverse Reflection Problem for a Smoothly Stratified Elastic Medium

DOI10.1137/0512037zbMath0482.73025OpenAlexW2040270725MaRDI QIDQ3940943

William W. Symes

Publication date: 1981

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0512037

zbMATH Keywords

scalar wave reflectiontransformation to nonlinear Gel'fand Levitan Volterra equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H45) Wave scattering in solid mechanics (74J20) Hydro- and aero-acoustics (76Q05) Inverse problems for waves in solid mechanics (74J25) Strings (74K05)

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