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Direct Acoustic Obstacle Scattering

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Inverse Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Theory

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This chapter is devoted to the solution of the direct obstacle scattering problem for acoustic waves.

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    David Colton

  2. Institut für Numerische und Angewandte Mathematik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Rainer Kress

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Colton, D., Kress, R. (2019). Direct Acoustic Obstacle Scattering. In: Inverse Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Theory. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 93. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30351-8_3

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