Iterative Solutions of Some Scattering Problems I

Abstract:

In many situations, scattering problems require computing c^T A^{-1} b, where the vectors b and c represent the transmitter and receiver, respectively. Problems of this type arise in acoustics, electromagnetics, radar, optics, and quantum mechanics. Often A is a complex symmetric matrix, whose imaginary part is a positive definite matrix. Solving Ax = b corresponds to computing the field everywhere. Computing c^T A^{-1} b corresponds to estimating the receiver signal, which should be easier than finding x accurately everywhere. If x_k is an iterative approximation, c^T x_k is a straightforward estimate. We shall look at other forms with which to estimate the received signal and look at formulating c^T x as a constraint on the solution of Ax = b.

Keywords:

Constraint, Bi-Conjugate Gradient Method, inner products, scatterer