CODE 68646 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 MATEMATICA 9011 (LM-40) - 6 cfu anno 2 MATEMATICA 9011 (LM-40) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MAT/08 LANGUAGE Italian (English on demand) TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course intends to describe the modeling of sound waves in perfect fluids and direct and inverse scattering problems. TEACHING METHODS In presence SYLLABUS/CONTENT Acoustic waves in perfect fluids. Time-harmonic acoustic waves. Radiative solutions to the Helmholtz equation. Direct scattering problems and the Lippmann-Schwinger equation. The electromagnetic scattering problem: differential and integral approaches. Born approximation and physical optics approximation. Ill-posedness of the inverse problem. Qualitative and quantitative methods for the approximate solution of the inverse problem. Language TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD CLAUDIO ESTATICO Ricevimento: Wednesday, h. 15-16, or by appointment. MICHELE PIANA Ricevimento: Office hours by appointment via email Exam Board CLAUDIO ESTATICO (President) MICHELE PIANA (President) GIACOMO CAVIGLIA LESSONS LESSONS START The class will start according to the academic calendar. Class schedule SCATTERING PROBLEMS EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral.