# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

May  2015, 9(2): 591-600. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2015.9.591

## Determining an obstacle by far-field data measured at a few spots

 1 Department of Computing Sciences, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049 2 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an,710049

Received  January 2014 Revised  May 2014 Published  March 2015

We consider the inverse scattering problem of determining an acoustic sound-soft obstacle by using the far-field data. It is shown that if the shape of the obstacle is known in advance, then the far-field data measured at four different spots can uniquely determine the location and size of the obstacle. If the shape of the obstacle is unknown, we show that the location of the obstacle can be approximately determined by using the far-field data measured at four appropriately chosen spots.
Citation: Qi Wang, Yanren Hou. Determining an obstacle by far-field data measured at a few spots. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2015, 9 (2) : 591-600. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2015.9.591
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