Wave Propagation and Time Reversal in Randomly Layered Media
Wave Propagation and Time Reversal in Randomly Layered Media

Author: Jean-Pierre Fouque

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-06-30

Total Pages: 623

ISBN-13: 0387498087

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The content of this book is multidisciplinary by nature. It uses mathematical tools from the theories of probability and stochastic processes, partial differential equations, and asymptotic analysis, combined with the physics of wave propagation and modeling of time reversal experiments. It is addressed to a wide audience of graduate students and researchers interested in the intriguing phenomena related to waves propagating in random media. At the end of each chapter there is a section of notes where the authors give references and additional comments on the various results presented in the chapter.

The Topology of 4-Manifolds
The Topology of 4-Manifolds

Author: Robion C. Kirby

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-11-14

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 354046171X

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This book presents the classical theorems about simply connected smooth 4-manifolds: intersection forms and homotopy type, oriented and spin bordism, the index theorem, Wall's diffeomorphisms and h-cobordism, and Rohlin's theorem. Most of the proofs are new or are returbishings of post proofs; all are geometric and make us of handlebody theory. There is a new proof of Rohlin's theorem using spin structures. There is an introduction to Casson handles and Freedman's work including a chapter of unpublished proofs on exotic R4's. The reader needs an understanding of smooth manifolds and characteristic classes in low dimensions. The book should be useful to beginning researchers in 4-manifolds.

Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Imaging
Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Imaging

Author: Habib Ammari

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2011-07-20

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0821852892

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This volume contains the proceedings of the NIMS Thematic Workshop on Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Imaging, which was held from August 10-13, 2010, at Inha University, Incheon, Korea. The goal of this volume is to give the reader a deep and unified understanding of the field of imaging and of the analytical and statistical tools used in imaging. It offers a good overview of the current status of the field and of directions for further research. Challenging problems are addressed from analytical, numerical, and statistical perspectives. The articles are devoted to four main areas: analytical investigation of robustness; hypothesis testing and resolution analysis, particularly for anomaly detection; new efficient imaging techniques; and the effects of anisotropy, dissipation, or attenuation in imaging.

Nonlinear Water Waves
Nonlinear Water Waves

Author: David Henry

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-11-27

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 3030335364

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The motion of water is governed by a set of mathematical equations which are extremely complicated and intractable. This is not surprising when one considers the highly diverse and intricate physical phenomena which may be exhibited by a given body of water. Recent mathematical advances have enabled researchers to make major progress in this field, reflected in the topics featured in this volume. Cutting-edge techniques and tools from mathematical analysis have generated strong rigorous results concerning the qualitative and quantitative physical properties of solutions of the governing equations. Furthermore, accurate numerical computations of fully-nonlinear steady and unsteady water waves in two and three dimensions have contributed to the discovery of new types of waves. Model equations have been derived in the long-wave and modulational regime using Hamiltonian formulations and solved numerically. This book brings together interdisciplinary researchers working in the field of nonlinear water waves, whose contributions range from survey articles to new research results which address a variety of aspects in nonlinear water waves. It is motivated by a workshop which was organised at the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics in Vienna, November 27-December 7, 2017. The key aim of the workshop was to describe, and foster, new approaches to research in this field. This is reflected in the contents of this book, which is aimed to stimulate both experienced researchers and students alike.

Lectures on the Theory of Water Waves
Lectures on the Theory of Water Waves

Author: Thomas J. Bridges

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-02-04

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1107565561

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A range of experts contribute introductory-level lectures on active topics in the theory of water waves.

Passive Imaging with Ambient Noise
Passive Imaging with Ambient Noise

Author: Josselin Garnier

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-04-21

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1316552934

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Waves generated by opportunistic or ambient noise sources and recorded by passive sensor arrays can be used to image the medium through which they travel. Spectacular results have been obtained in seismic interferometry, which open up new perspectives in acoustics, electromagnetics, and optics. The authors present, for the first time in book form, a self-contained and unified account of correlation-based and ambient noise imaging. In order to facilitate understanding of the core material, they also address a number of related topics in conventional sensor array imaging, wave propagation in random media, and high-frequency asymptotics for wave propagation. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book uses mathematical tools from probability, partial differential equations and asymptotic analysis, combined with the physics of wave propagation and modelling of imaging modalities. Suitable for applied mathematicians and geophysicists, it is also accessible to graduate students in applied mathematics, physics, and engineering.

Photonic Bandgap Structures Novel Technological Platforms for Physical, Chemical and Biological Sensing
Photonic Bandgap Structures Novel Technological Platforms for Physical, Chemical and Biological Sensing

Author: Marco Pisco

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

Published: 2012-07-27

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1608054489

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This E-Book covers the research and the development of a novel generation of photonic devices for sensing applications. The E-Book starts with a brief review of basic photonic crystal (PhC) structure related concepts and describes the numerical and technological tools useful in the design and fabrication of devices based on PhCs. Next, the E-Book provides a selection of crossover topics emerging in the scientific community as breaking through researches, technologies and sciences for the development of novel technological platforms for physical, chemical and biological sensing. The E-Book ends with a description of the main PhC sensors to date by representing many of the exciting sensing applications that utilize photonic crystal structures.

Proceedings Of The International Congress Of Mathematicians 2018 (Icm 2018) (In 4 Volumes)
Proceedings Of The International Congress Of Mathematicians 2018 (Icm 2018) (In 4 Volumes)

Author: Boyan Sirakov

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2019-02-27

Total Pages: 5393

ISBN-13: 9813272899

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The Proceedings of the ICM publishes the talks, by invited speakers, at the conference organized by the International Mathematical Union every 4 years. It covers several areas of Mathematics and it includes the Fields Medal and Nevanlinna, Gauss and Leelavati Prizes and the Chern Medal laudatios.

Séminaire de Probabilités XLIV
Séminaire de Probabilités XLIV

Author: Catherine Donati-Martin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-05-12

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 3642274617

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As usual, some of the contributions to this 44th Séminaire de Probabilités were presented during the Journées de Probabilités held in Dijon in June 2010. The remainder were spontaneous submissions or were solicited by the editors. The traditional and historical themes of the Séminaire are covered, such as stochastic calculus, local times and excursions, and martingales. Some subjects already touched on in the previous volumes are still here: free probability, rough paths, limit theorems for general processes (here fractional Brownian motion and polymers), and large deviations. Lastly, this volume explores new topics, including variable length Markov chains and peacocks. We hope that the whole volume is a good sample of the main streams of current research on probability and stochastic processes, in particular those active in France.