Reconstruction of generic anisotropic stiffness tensors from partial data around one polarization
- đ¤ Speaker: Maarten de Hoop (Rice University)
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 31 January 2023, 15:30 - 16:15
- đ Venue: Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute
Abstract
We combine techniques from algebraic geometry and microlocal analysis to study geometric inverse problems associated with wave propagation in anisotropic elastic media using a single, namely qP, polarization. The Christoffel matrix determined by the stiffness tensor appearing in the analysis of propagation of singularities of elastic waves generates a slowness polynomial. Generic anisotropy ensures a certain “algebraic coupling” between the branches of the slowness surface determined by this polynomial, on which our approach relies. The qP branch of the slowness surface determines a metric in Finsler geometry. The recovery of the stiffness tensor from the slowness surface uses Gröbner bases. Joint research with J. Ilmavirta, M. Lassas and A. Várilly-Alvarado.
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Maarten de Hoop (Rice University)
Tuesday 31 January 2023, 15:30-16:15