An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Inverse Problems

An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Inverse Problems

Author: Andreas Kirsch

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-03-24

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1441984747

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This book introduces the reader to the area of inverse problems. The study of inverse problems is of vital interest to many areas of science and technology such as geophysical exploration, system identification, nondestructive testing and ultrasonic tomography. The aim of this book is twofold: in the first part, the reader is exposed to the basic notions and difficulties encountered with ill-posed problems. Basic properties of regularization methods for linear ill-posed problems are studied by means of several simple analytical and numerical examples. The second part of the book presents two special nonlinear inverse problems in detail - the inverse spectral problem and the inverse scattering problem. The corresponding direct problems are studied with respect to existence, uniqueness and continuous dependence on parameters. Then some theoretical results as well as numerical procedures for the inverse problems are discussed. The choice of material and its presentation in the book are new, thus making it particularly suitable for graduate students. Basic knowledge of real analysis is assumed. In this new edition, the Factorization Method is included as one of the prominent members in this monograph. Since the Factorization Method is particularly simple for the problem of EIT and this field has attracted a lot of attention during the past decade a chapter on EIT has been added in this monograph as Chapter 5 while the chapter on inverse scattering theory is now Chapter 6.The main changes of this second edition compared to the first edition concern only Chapters 5 and 6 and the Appendix A. Chapter 5 introduces the reader to the inverse problem of electrical impedance tomography.


The Factorization Method for Inverse Problems

The Factorization Method for Inverse Problems

Author: Andreas Kirsch

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0199213534

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The 'factorization method', discovered by Professor Kirsch, is a relatively new method for solving certain types of inverse scattering problems and problems in tomography. The text introduces the reader to this promising approach and discusses the wide applicability of this method by choosing typical examples.


A Taste of Inverse Problems

A Taste of Inverse Problems

Author: Martin Hanke

Publisher: SIAM

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1611974933

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Inverse problems need to be solved in order to properly interpret indirect measurements. Often, inverse problems are ill-posed and sensitive to data errors. Therefore one has to incorporate some sort of regularization to reconstruct significant information from the given data. A Taste of Inverse Problems: Basic Theory and Examples?presents the main achievements that have emerged in regularization theory over the past 50 years, focusing on linear ill-posed problems and the development of methods that can be applied to them. Some of this material has previously appeared only in journal articles. This book rigorously discusses state-of-the-art inverse problems theory, focusing on numerically relevant aspects and omitting subordinate generalizations; presents diverse real-world applications, important test cases, and possible pitfalls; and treats these applications with the same rigor and depth as the theory.


The Factorization Method for Inverse Scattering from Periodic Inhomogeneous Media

The Factorization Method for Inverse Scattering from Periodic Inhomogeneous Media

Author: Kai Sandfort

Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing

Published: 2014-10-16

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 3866445504

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This book addresses the identification of the shape of penetrable periodic media by means of scattered time-harmonic waves. Mathematically, this is about the determination of the support of a function which occurs in the governing equations. Our theoretical analysis shows that this problem can be strictly solved for acoustic as well as for electromagnetic radiation by the so-called Factorization Method. We apply this method to reconstruct a couple of media from numerically simulated field data.


Discrete Inverse Problems

Discrete Inverse Problems

Author: Per Christian Hansen

Publisher: SIAM

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 089871883X

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This book gives an introduction to the practical treatment of inverse problems by means of numerical methods, with a focus on basic mathematical and computational aspects. To solve inverse problems, we demonstrate that insight about them goes hand in hand with algorithms.


Advances in Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations

Advances in Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations

Author: Dinh-Liem Nguyen

Publisher: American Mathematical Society

Published: 2023-04-12

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1470469685

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This volume contains the proceedings of two AMS Special Sessions “Recent Developments on Analysis and Computation for Inverse Problems for PDEs,” virtually held on March 13–14, 2021, and “Recent Advances in Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations,” virtually held on October 23–24, 2021. The papers in this volume focus on new results on numerical methods for various inverse problems arising in electrical impedance tomography, inverse scattering in radar and optics problems, reconstruction of initial conditions, control of acoustic fields, and stock price forecasting. The authors studied iterative and non-iterative approaches such as optimization-based, globally convergent, sampling, and machine learning-based methods. The volume provides an interesting source on advances in computational inverse problems for partial differential equations.


Optimization and Regularization for Computational Inverse Problems and Applications

Optimization and Regularization for Computational Inverse Problems and Applications

Author: Yanfei Wang

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-06-29

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 3642137423

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"Optimization and Regularization for Computational Inverse Problems and Applications" focuses on advances in inversion theory and recent developments with practical applications, particularly emphasizing the combination of optimization and regularization for solving inverse problems. This book covers both the methods, including standard regularization theory, Fejer processes for linear and nonlinear problems, the balancing principle, extrapolated regularization, nonstandard regularization, nonlinear gradient method, the nonmonotone gradient method, subspace method and Lie group method; and the practical applications, such as the reconstruction problem for inverse scattering, molecular spectra data processing, quantitative remote sensing inversion, seismic inversion using the Lie group method, and the gravitational lensing problem. Scientists, researchers and engineers, as well as graduate students engaged in applied mathematics, engineering, geophysics, medical science, image processing, remote sensing and atmospheric science will benefit from this book. Dr. Yanfei Wang is a Professor at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Dr. Sc. Anatoly G. Yagola is a Professor and Assistant Dean of the Physical Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. Dr. Changchun Yang is a Professor and Vice Director of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.


Qualitative Methods in Inverse Scattering Theory

Qualitative Methods in Inverse Scattering Theory

Author: Fioralba Cakoni

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-11-03

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9783540288442

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Inverse scattering theory has been a particularly active and successful field in applied mathematics and engineering for the past twenty years. The increasing demands of imaging and target identification require new powerful and flexible techniques besides the existing weak scattering approximation or nonlinear optimization methods. One class of such methods comes under the general description of qualitative methods in inverse scattering theory. This textbook is an easily-accessible "class-tested" introduction to the field. It is accessible also to readers who are not professional mathematicians, thus making these new mathematical ideas in inverse scattering theory available to the wider scientific and engineering community.


Numerical Methods for Inverse Scattering Problems

Numerical Methods for Inverse Scattering Problems

Author: Jingzhi Li

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-09-07

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 9819937728

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This book highlights the latest developments on the numerical methods for inverse scattering problems associated with acoustic, electromagnetic, and elastic waves. Inverse scattering problems are concerned with identifying unknown or inaccessible objects by wave probing data, which makes possible many industrial and engineering applications including radar and sonar, medical imaging, nondestructive testing, remote sensing, and geophysical exploration. The mathematical study of inverse scattering problems is an active field of research. This book presents a comprehensive and unified mathematical treatment of various inverse scattering problems mainly from a numerical reconstruction perspective. It highlights the collaborative research outputs by the two groups of the authors yet surveys and reviews many existing results by global researchers in the literature. The book consists of three parts respectively corresponding to the studies on acoustic, electromagnetic, and elastic scattering problems. In each part, the authors start with in-depth theoretical and computational treatments of the forward scattering problems and then discuss various numerical reconstruction schemes for the associated inverse scattering problems in different scenarios of practical interest. In addition, the authors provide an overview of the existing results in the literature by other researchers. This book can serve as a handy reference for researchers or practitioners who are working on or implementing inverse scattering methods. It can also serve as a graduate textbook for research students who are interested in working on numerical algorithms for inverse scattering problems.


Inverse Problems and Applications

Inverse Problems and Applications

Author: Plamen Stefanov

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2014-05-05

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1470410796

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This volume contains the proceedings of two conferences on Inverse Problems and Applications, held in 2012, to celebrate the work of Gunther Uhlmann. The first conference was held at the University of California, Irvine, from June 18-22, 2012, and the second was held at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, from September 17-21, 2012. The topics covered include inverse problems in medical imaging, scattering theory, geometry and image processing, and the mathematical theory of cloaking, as well as methods related to inverse problems.