Modern Mathematical Methods in Diffraction Theory and its Applications in Engineering
Proceedings of the Sommerfeld '96 Workshop, Freudenstadt, 30 September - 4 October 1996
Published on 1. July 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 308 pages
978-3-631-30874-5 (ISBN)
Description
In 1896 A. Sommerfeld published his famous paper «Zur Theorie der Diffraktion» in vol. 47 of the «Mathematische Annalen». His investigations initiated the study of boundary value problems in scattering theory. A long series of research works on general mixed boundary value problems sprang up then. Boundary integral equations together with the Wiener-Hopf method have been generalized and are now a basis for analytical and numerical studies by many mathematicians and engineers working on wave diffraction problems. Commemorating the centenary of Sommerfeld's paper, the aim of this conference is to join the experts and young researchers to present surveys and new results.
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The Editor: Erhard Meister, born in 1930. Studies: Mathematics and Physics in Heidelberg and Saarbrücken. 1958 Ph.D. degree and 1963 Habilitation at University of Saarbrücken. 1964/65 lecturer in Saarbrücken. Winterterm 1965/66 full Professor at Technical University of Berlin, Summerterm 1966 lecturer at University of Strathclyde at Glasgow. 1966-1970 full Professor at Technical University of Berlin. 1970-1974 University of Tübingen and from 1974 onwards at the Technical University of Darmstadt. The Contributors: J.D. Achenbach, S. Blume, D. Colton, R.V. Goldstein, T. Ha-Duong, L. Jentsch, R. Kleinman, D.P. Kouzov, R. Kress, R. Leis, E. Lüneburg, V. Maz'ya, J.C. Nedelec, H. Ammari, A.H. Serbest, Z.G. Sheftel, Y.V. Shestopalov, B.R. Vainberg, R. Weder, P. Werner, L. von Wolfersdorf.
Content
Contents: The proceedings present the main and plenary talks and give a survey on the state of the art in this field.