The Inverse Problem
Symposium ad memoriam Hermann von Helmholtz
Published on 18. January 1996
Book
Hardback
IV, 239 pages
978-3-527-29330-8 (ISBN)
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This text is based on a symposium held in honour of Hermann von Helmholtz (Berlin, September 1994). The authors are concerned with different aspects of the inverse methodology being a powerful tool in modern science, emphasizing its role in understanding the concept of physical oberservation, interpreting experimental results and developing constructive strategies.
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Hermann von Helmholtz - on the threshold of modern physics, Peter T. Landsberg; precision experiments in classical and modern physics, Bernhard Kramer; ill-posedness and regularization of inverse problems - a review on mathematical methods, Bernd Hofmann; the inverse problem - a permanent instrument in the qualification of electrocardiology, Ernst Schubert; magnetoencephalographic studies of information processing in the human brain, Risto J. Ilmoniemi; scattering of laser light in turbid media - optical tomography for medical diagnostics?, Herbert Rinneberg; principle of least action and the concept of dynamics, Hartmut Hecht; optimization of high-energy solar cells - an inverse band structure problem, Hans-Joachim Queisser; from classical to modern theory of science - Hermann von Helmholtz and Karl R. Popper compared epistemologically, Gregor Schiemann.