ON THE PRINCIPLE OF INVARIANT IMBEDDING AND PROPAGATION THROUGH INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA,

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to present a new technique for the study of propagation through inhomogeneous and random media, based upon an invariance principle which is called the 'principle of invariant imbedding.' As an application, consideration is given to the problem of the scattering of light by an inhomogeneous medium of finite depth. The corresponding problem for homogeneous media was treated by Ambarzumian and Chandrasekhar. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 1956
Accession Number
AD0605023

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Bellman
  • Robert E. Kalaba

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Invariance
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering