Marchenko theory

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Marchenko theory is a framework in inverse scattering theory that reconstructs potentials of differential operators from scattering data, closely paralleling the Gelfand–Levitan approach.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf inverse scattering method
mathematical theory
applicableTo short-range potentials
appliesTo Schrödinger operators NERFINISHED
differential operators
one-dimensional Schrödinger equation
radial Schrödinger equation
approachType integral-equation approach
assumes knowledge of scattering matrix
basedOn scattering data
characteristicEquation Marchenko equation NERFINISHED
concerns recovery of potential from scattering phase shifts
self-adjoint Schrödinger operators
developedBy Vladimir A. Marchenko NERFINISHED
field inverse scattering theory
mathematical physics
partial differential equations
spectral theory
frameworkFor existence results in inverse scattering
uniqueness results in inverse scattering
goal reconstruction of potentials from scattering data
historicalPeriod 20th century
influenced development of inverse scattering transform
input bound state energies
norming constants
reflection coefficient
mathematicalTool Fredholm integral equations NERFINISHED
transformation operators
output potential of a differential operator
relatedConcept Jost solutions NERFINISHED
scattering phase shift
spectral measure
relatedTo Borg–Marchenko theorem NERFINISHED
Gelfand–Levitan theory NERFINISHED
requires analytic properties of scattering data
similarTo Gelfand–Levitan approach NERFINISHED
studies inverse scattering problems
usedIn integrable systems
inverse spectral problems
quantum scattering theory
soliton theory
usedTo construct reflectionless potentials
derive soliton solutions via inverse scattering
uses Marchenko integral equation NERFINISHED

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Gelfand–Levitan theory relatedTo Marchenko theory