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Degenerate Eikonal equations with discontinuous refraction index

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2006

Pierpaolo Soravia
Pierpaolo Soravia*
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Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Matematica Pura e Applicata, via Belzoni, 7, 35131 Padova, Italy; soravia@math.unipd.it
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Abstract

We study the Dirichlet boundary value problem for eikonal type equations of ray light propagation in an inhomogeneous medium with discontinuous refraction index. We prove a comparison principle that allows us to obtain existence and uniqueness of a continuous viscosity solution when the Lie algebra generated by the coefficients satisfies a Hörmander type condition. We require the refraction index to be piecewise continuous across Lipschitz hypersurfaces. The results characterize the value function of the generalized minimum time problem with discontinuous running cost.

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Geometric opticsviscosity solutionseikonal equationminimum time problemdiscontinuous coefficients.

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ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 2006, pp. 216 - 230
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2006

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