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Inverse scattering problem for a wave equation with absorption

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We prove a uniqueness theorem for the inverse scattering problem for a wave equation with absorption and develop an algorithm for the solution of this problem on the basis of a given scattering operator.

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Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 59, No. 11, pp. 1580–1584, November, 2007.

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Tarasova, E.V. Inverse scattering problem for a wave equation with absorption. Ukr Math J 59, 1776–1782 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11253-008-0025-8

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