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Feynman's Inverse Problem

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Adrian Kirkeby *
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We analyze an inverse problem for water waves posed by Richard Feynman in the BBC documentary Fun to Imagine. We show that the problem can be modeled as an inverse Cauchy problem for gravity-capillary waves, conduct a detailed analysis of the Cauchy problem, and give a uniqueness proof for the inverse problem. Somewhat surprisingly, this results in a positive answer to Feynman's question. In addition, we derive stability estimates for the inverse problem for both continuous and discrete measurements, propose a simple inversion method, and conduct numerical experiments to verify our results.
Keywords:
inverse problems
water waves
partial differential equations
mathematical modeling

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SIAM Review cover
SIAM Review
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6.1
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888
Citations:
1.2W

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