Lee Wai Shing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-130). / Text in English; abstract also in Chinese. / Lee Wai Shing. / Contents --- p.i / List of Figures --- p.v / Abstract --- p.vii / Acknowledgement --- p.ix / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- What are inverse problems? --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Background of this research project --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Conservative systems and open systems -normal modes (NM's) vs quasi-normal modes (QNM's) --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- Appetizer ´ؤ What our problems are like --- p.6 / Chapter 1.5 --- A brief overview of the following chapters --- p.7 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Inversion of conservative systems- perturbative inversion --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1 --- Overview --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2 --- Way to introduce the additional information --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3 --- General Formalism --- p.11 / Chapter 2.4 --- Example --- p.15 / Chapter 2.5 --- Further examples --- p.19 / Chapter 2.6 --- Effects of noise --- p.23 / Chapter 2.7 --- Conclusion --- p.25 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Inversion of conservative systems - total inversion --- p.26 / Chapter 3.1 --- Overview --- p.26 / Chapter 3.2 --- Asymptotic behaviour of the eigenfrequencies --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3 --- General formalism --- p.28 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Evaluation of V(0) --- p.28 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Squeezing the interval - evaluation of the potential at other positions --- p.32 / Chapter 3.4 --- Remarks --- p.36 / Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusion --- p.37 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Theory of Quasi-normal Modes (QNM's) --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1 --- Overview --- p.38 / Chapter 4.2 --- What is a Quasi-normal Mode (QNM) system? --- p.38 / Chapter 4.3 --- Properties of QNM's in expectation --- p.40 / Chapter 4.4 --- General Formalism --- p.41 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Construction of Green's function and the spectral represen- tation of the delta function --- p.42 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- The generalized norm --- p.45 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Completeness of QNM's and its justification --- p.46 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Different senses of completeness --- p.48 / Chapter 4.4.5 --- Eigenfunction expansions with QNM's 一 the two-component formalism --- p.49 / Chapter 4.4.6 --- Properties of the linear space Γ --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4.7 --- Klein-Gordon equation - The delta-potential system --- p.54 / Chapter 4.5 --- Studies of other QNM systems --- p.54 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Wave equation - dielectric rod --- p.55 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Wave equation ´ؤ string-mass system --- p.57 / Chapter 4.6 --- Summary --- p.58 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Inversion of open systems- perturbative inversion --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1 --- Overview --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2 --- General Formalism --- p.59 / Chapter 5.3 --- Example 1. Klein-Gordon equation ´ؤ delta-potential system --- p.66 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Model perturbations --- p.66 / Chapter 5.4 --- Example 2. Wave equation ´ؤ dielectric rod --- p.72 / Chapter 5.5 --- Example 3. Wave equation ´ؤ string-mass system --- p.76 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Instability of the matrix [d] = [c]-1 upon truncation --- p.79 / Chapter 5.6 --- Large leakage regime and effects of noise --- p.81 / Chapter 5.7 --- Conclusion . . . --- p.84 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Transition from open systems to conservative counterparts --- p.85 / Chapter 6.1 --- Overview --- p.85 / Chapter 6.2 --- Anticipations of what is going to happen --- p.86 / Chapter 6.3 --- Some computational experiments --- p.86 / Chapter 6.4 --- Reason of breakdown - An intrinsic error of physical systems --- p.87 / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Mathematical derivation of the breakdown behaviour --- p.90 / Chapter 6.4.2 --- Two verifications --- p.93 / Chapter 6.5 --- Another source of errors - An intrinsic error of practical computations --- p.95 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Vindications --- p.96 / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Mathematical derivation of the breakdown --- p.98 / Chapter 6.6 --- Further sources of errors --- p.99 / Chapter 6.7 --- Dielectric rod --- p.100 / Chapter 6.8 --- String-mass system --- p.103 / Chapter 6.9 --- Conclusion --- p.105 / Chapter Chapter 7. --- A first step to Total Inversion of QNM systems? --- p.106 / Chapter 7.1 --- Overview --- p.106 / Chapter 7.2 --- Derivation for F(0) --- p.106 / Chapter 7.3 --- Example 一 delta potential system --- p.108 / Chapter Chapter 8. --- Conclusion --- p.111 / Chapter 8.1 --- A summary on what have been achieved --- p.111 / Chapter 8.2 --- Further directions to go --- p.111 / Appendix A. A note on notation --- p.113 / Appendix B. Asymptotic series of NM eigenvalues --- p.114 / Appendix C. Evaluation of functions related to RHS(x) --- p.117 / Appendix D. Asymptotic behaviour of the Green's function --- p.119 / Appendix E. Expansion coefficient an --- p.121 / Appendix F. Asymptotic behaviour of QNM eigenvalues --- p.123 / Appendix G. Properties of the inverse matrix [d] = [c]-1 --- p.125 / Appendix H. Matrix inverse through the LU decomposition method --- p.127 / Bibliography --- p.129
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322262 |
Date | January 1998 |
Contributors | Lee, Wai Shing., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Language | English, Chinese |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Text, bibliography |
Format | print, ix, 130 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
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