Geodesy and Mathematics: Interactions in Multiscale Mollifier Regularization Methods

The lecture highlights arguments that, coming from Mathematics, have fostered the advancement of Geodesy, as well as those that, generated by geodetic problems, have contributed to the enhancement in Mathematics.

We particularly deal with novel applications to Geodesy in the context of multiscale approximation (MA). In fact, multiscale reconstruction and decorrelation methods are a research field originated in geophysics for, e.g., earthquake modeling some decades ago, in which today's Geodesy and Mathematics show mutual influences, especially on the subject of spectral and space data sampling.

We particularly focus the attention on inverse problems of Geodesy and multiscale mollifier regularization strategies. Two examples are studied in more detail:

(i) Vening Meinesz multiscale surface mollifier regularization to determine locally the Earth's disturbing potential from deflections of vertical,

(ii) Newton multiscale volume mollifier regularization of the inverse gravimetry problem to derive locally the density contrast distribution from functionals of the Newton integral and to detect fine particulars of geological relevance.

Neither extreme depth to explain all facets of the geodetic observational situation nor penetrative handling of mathematical obligations and technicalities can be expected. The lecture is just an \lq \lq appetizer'' served to enjoy the tasty meal "Mathematical Geodesy Today'' to be shared by geodesists and mathematicians.