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Determining both leading coefficient and source in a nonlocal elliptic equation

Analysis of PDEs 2023-12-27 v1

Abstract

In this short note, we investigate an inverse source problem associated with a nonlocal elliptic equation (σ)su=F\left( -\nabla \cdot \sigma \nabla \right)^s u =F that is given in a bounded open set ΩRn\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n, for n3n\geq 3 and 0<s<10<s<1. We demonstrate both σ\sigma and FF can be determined uniquely by using the exterior Dirichlet-to-Neumann (DN) map in Ωe:=RnΩ\Omega_e:=\mathbb{R}^n\setminus \overline{\Omega}. The result is intriguing in that analogous theory cannot be true for the local case generally, that is, s=1s=1. The key ingredients to prove the uniqueness is based on the unique continuation principle for nonlocal elliptic operators and the reduction from the nonlocal to the local via the Stinga-Torrea extension problem.

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@article{arxiv.2312.15607,
  title  = {Determining both leading coefficient and source in a nonlocal elliptic equation},
  author = {Yi-Hsuan Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.15607},
  year   = {2023}
}

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10 pages. All comments and suggestions are welcome

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