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Approximate Cloaking Using Transformation Optics for Acoustic and Electromagnetic Waves

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This is a survey on approximate cloaking using transformation optics on acoustic and electromagnetic waves. Both the time-harmonic and the time regimes are discussed.

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Michael S. Vogelius is partially supported by NSF grant DMS-12-11330.

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    Hoai-Minh Nguyen

  2. Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903, USA

    Michael S. Vogelius

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Nguyen, HM., Vogelius, M.S. Approximate Cloaking Using Transformation Optics for Acoustic and Electromagnetic Waves. Acta Math Vietnam 45, 261–280 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40306-019-00334-5

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