On determining the index of refraction in anisotropic media

Gunther Uhlmann
University of Washington
Mathematics

Abstract: We survey recent results on the inverse kinematic problem
arising in geophysics. The question is whether one can determine the sound
speed (index of refraction) of a medium by measuring the travel times of
the corresponding ray paths. We emphasize the anisotropic case.


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