COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS OF INVERSE PROBLEMS IN ANALYTICAL MECHANICS, TRANSPORT THEORY, AND WAVE PROPAGATION

摘要

Inverse problems are basic problems in science, in which physical systems are to be identified on the basis of experi¬mental observations. Inverse problems are especially impor¬tant in the fields of astrophysics and astronomy, for their objects of investigation are frequently not observable in a direct fashion. Solar and stellar structure, for example, is estimated from the study of spectra, while the structure of a planetary atmosphere may be deduced from measurements of reflected sunlight.