APMA E6901, Waves in Random Media

APMA E6901 - Fall 2005 - Waves in Random Media

Instructor: Guillaume Bal

  • Office: Mudd 206
  • Office Hours: after class & by appointment
  • Office Phone: (212) 854 4731
  • e-mail: gb2030@columbia.edu
  • Class meeting: Th. 12:45-2:45 Mudd 214.


    • handout.
    You will find there a summary for the organization of the course and some bibliographical references.


    Lecture notes.

    Slides of the two-hour talk given onFriday 12/09.

    Homework 1 (due Friday 10/14/2005).
    Exercises (in lecture notes) 1.2.2; 1.3.4(i); 1.3.9(i); 2.1.1; 2.1.3; 3.1.1; 3.2.1; 3.3.1.

    Homework 2 (due Friday 12/8/2005).
    Exercises (in lecture notes) 4.3.1; 5.1.1; 5.3.3; 5.5.2.
    Problem: Derive the radiative transfer equations in the weak coupling regime for the Schroedinger equation (5.65) in the notes, where the potential V(x) is replaced by a highly oscillatory perturbation as in (6.6). Hint: look at the 1996 Wave Motion paper by Ryzhik et al.



    Guillaume Bal