LJK-Deterministic Models and Algorithms: EDP-MOISE Seminar
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On Friday February 15 2013 at 13h30 in Salle 1 - Tour IRMA
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Seminary of Mr Gunther UHLMANN (University of Washington)
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Cloaking: Science Meets Science Fiction
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Summary
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Can we make objects invisible? This has been a subject of human fascination for millennia in Greek mythology, movies, science fiction, etc. including the legend of Perseus versus Medusa and the more recent Star Trek and Harry Potter. In the last
decade or so there have been several scientific proposals to achieve invisibility. We will introduce some of these in a non-technical fashion concentrating on the so-called "transformation optics" that has received the most attention in the scientific literature.
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