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A Survey of Selected Topics in Inverse Electromagnetic Scattering Theory

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Inverse Problems in Wave Propagation

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This paper is a somewhat extended version of the tutorial talks I gave at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications in January, 1995, as part of the program on Inverse Problems in Wave Propagation. My intent was to focus on the special case of scattering of time harmonic electromagnetic waves by a bounded inhomogeneous medium and, in this context, to discuss several recent developments in the mathematical and numerical investigation of the inverse problem. Since the inverse scattering problem for electromagnetic waves is being actively pursued by literally hundreds of engineers and mathematicicans all over the world, in order to prepare these lectures it was necessary to employ a rather rigourous selection process. Since this process was obviously guided by my own prejudices and interests, it seems appropriate at the beginning to state clearly what they are.

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  1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA

    David Colton

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  1. Domaine de Voluceau, INRIA, B.P. 105, 78153 Le Chesnay, Cedex, France

    Guy Chavent

  2. Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

    Paul Sacks

  3. Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    George Papanicolaou

  4. Department of Computer and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77251-1892, USA

    William W. Symes

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Colton, D. (1997). A Survey of Selected Topics in Inverse Electromagnetic Scattering Theory. In: Chavent, G., Sacks, P., Papanicolaou, G., Symes, W.W. (eds) Inverse Problems in Wave Propagation. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 90. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1878-4_5

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