The interior transmission problem for regions with cavities

Fioralba Cakoni, David Colton, Houssem Haddar

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Abstract

We consider the interior transmission problem in the case when the inhomogeneous medium has cavities, i.e., regions in which the index of refraction is the same as the host medium. In this case we establish the Fredholm property for this problem and show that transmission eigenvalues exist and form a discrete set. We also derive Faber-Krahn-type inequalities for the transmission eigenvalues.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)145-162
Number of pages18
JournalSIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
Volume42
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2010

Keywords

  • Inhomogeneous medium
  • Interior transmission problem
  • Inverse scattering
  • Trans-mission eigenvalues

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