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A Hyperbolic Inverse Problem for lower order terms on a closed manifold with disjoint data

Analysis of PDEs 2025-10-30 v2

Abstract

We study the unique recovery of time-independent lower order terms appearing in the symmetric first order perturbation of the Riemannian wave equation by sending and measuring waves in disjoint open sets of \textit{a priori} known closed Riemannian manifold. In particular, we show that if the set where we capture the waves satisfies a geometric control condition as well as a certain local symmetry condition for the distance functions, then the aforementioned measurement is sufficient to recover the lower order terms up to the natural gauge. For instance, our result holds if the complement of the receiver set is contained in a simple Riemannian manifold.

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@article{arxiv.2509.19008,
  title  = {A Hyperbolic Inverse Problem for lower order terms on a closed manifold with disjoint data},
  author = {Matti Lassas and Boya Liu and Teemu Saksala and Andrew Shedlock and Ziyao Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.19008},
  year   = {2025}
}
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