This paper is concerned with the detection of objects immersed in anisotropic media from boundary measurements. We propose an accurate approach based on the Kohn-Vogelius formulation and the topological sensitivity analysis method. The inverse problem is formulated as a topology optimization one minimizing an energy like functional. A topological asymptotic expansion is derived for the anisotro...

The wave equation occurs in many branches of physics, in applied mathematics as well as in engineering, and it is also considered as one of the three fundamental equations in mathematical physics. The homogenous wave equation with constant coefficient can be solved by many ways such as separation of variables [1], the methods of characteristics [2, 3], and Laplace transform and Fourier transfor...

We obtain a Laplace asymptotic expansion, in orders of λ, of Eρx { G(λx)e −2F (λx)} } the expectation being with respect to a Gaussian process. We extend a result of Pincus [9] and build upon the previous work of Davies and Truman [1, 2, 3, 4]. Our methods differ from those of Ellis and Rosen [6, 7, 8] in that we use the supremum norm to simplify the application of the result. A.M.S. Classifica...

We consider the weak solution of the Laplace equation in a planar domain with a straight crack, prescribing a homogeneous Neumann condition on the crack and a nonhomogeneous Dirichlet condition on the rest of the boundary. For every k we express the k -th derivative of the energy with respect to the crack length in terms of a finite number of coefficients of the asymptotic expansion of the solu...

We study the spectral functions, and in particular the zeta function, associated to a class of sequences of complex numbers, called of spectral type. We investigate the decomposability of the zeta function associated to a double sequence with respect to some simple sequence, and we provide a technique for obtaining the first terms in the Laurent expansion at zero of the zeta function associated...

The heat-kernel expansion for a nonanalytic function of a differential operator, and the integrated (Cesàro-smoothed) spectral densities associated with the corresponding nonanalytic function of the spectral parameter, exhibit a certain nonlocal behavior. Because of this phenomenon, care is needed in applying the pseudodifferential symbolic calculus to nonanalytic functions. We demonstrate this...

Understanding the origin of the orbital resonances of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter will constrain the longevity of the extensive volcanism on Io, may explain a liquid ocean on Europa, and may guide studies of the dissipative properties of stars and Jupiter-like planets. The differential migration of the newly formed Galilean satellites due to interactions with a circumjovian disk can lead...

in this paper, we apply the local fractional laplace transform method (or yang-laplace transform) on volterra integro-differential equations of the second kind within the local fractional integral operators to obtain the analytical approximate solutions. the iteration procedure is based on local fractional derivative operators. this approach provides us with a convenient way to find a solution ...