scientific article; zbMATH DE number 15733

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Authors William W. Symes

Publication date 25 June 1992

zbMATH Keywords

layered problemsnon-localizationpersistenceproblems of reflection typeseismologyultrasonicswell-posedness

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homogenization in context of PDEs; PDEs in media with periodic structure (35B27) Wave equation (35L05) Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations (35L67) Inverse problems for PDEs (35R30) Inhomogeneity in solid mechanics (74E05) Inverse problems for waves in solid mechanics (74J25)

Review text

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0707.00028.] A number of results are reviewed relating the propagation of singularities for hyperbolic partial differential equations --- i.e., the persistence, or non-localization, of waves motion --- with well-posedness for some inverse problems of reflection type, such as arise in seismology and ultrasonics. The most complete information is available for layered problems. The author shows how a simple but refined propagation of singularities theorem with estimates zields important functional properties of the model-data relationship for such problems, including regularity in various useful coefficient classes, separation of scales,\dots . The essential roles of travel time in the study of these problems and how its function may be generalized to multidimensional problems are explained.

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