Diffuse Waves in Complex Media: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Les Houches, France, March 17-27, 1998: v. 531 (NATO Science Series: C: Mathematical & Physical Sciences) - Hardcover

 
9780792356790: Diffuse Waves in Complex Media: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Les Houches, France, March 17-27, 1998: v. 531 (NATO Science Series: C: Mathematical & Physical Sciences)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0792356799 ISBN 13: 9780792356790
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999

Synopsis

There is a great deal of research into wave propagation in random media, in such fields as applied mathematics, acoustics, optics, materials science, atomic physics and geophysics. This book provides theoretical and practical introductions at research level to topics such as localization of waves, band gap materials, random matrices, dielectric media, laser cooled atoms, wave scattering from rough surfaces, randomly layered media, seismic waves and imaging the earth.

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About the Author

Jean-Pierre Fouque studied at the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris. He held positions at the French CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique, and at North Carolina State University. Since 2006, he has been Professor and Director of the Center for Research in Financial Mathematics and Statistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0792356799
ISBN 13 
9780792356790
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
472
Editor
Fouque Jean-Pierre

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