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Integral operators and inverse problems in scattering theory

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Colton, D. (1976). Integral operators and inverse problems in scattering theory. In: Meister, V.E., Wendland, W.L., Weck, N. (eds) Function Theoretic Methods for Partial Differential Equations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 561. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0087622

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