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Inverse Problem for Fractional-Laplacian with Lower Order Non-local Perturbations

Analysis of PDEs 2020-11-12 v3

Abstract

In this article, we study a model problem featuring a L\'evy process in a domain with semi-transparent boundary by considering the following perturbed fractional Laplacian operator Lb,q:=(Δ)t+(Δ)Ωs/2 b(Δ)Ωs/2+q,0<s<t<1\mathscr{L}_{b,q} := (-\Delta)^t + (-\Delta)_{\Omega}^{s/2} \ b (-\Delta)_\Omega^{s/2} + q, \quad 0<s<t<1 on a bounded Lipschitz domain ΩRn\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n. While the non-locality of the fraction Laplacian (Δ)t(-\Delta)^t depends on entire Rn\mathbb{R}^n, in its non-local perturbation the non-locality depends on the domain Ω\Omega through the regional fractional Laplacian term (Δ)Ωs/2(-\Delta)^{s/2}_{\Omega} and bb exhibits the semi-transparency of the process. We analyze the well-posedness of the model and certain qualitative property like unique continuation property, Runge approximation scheme considering its regional non-local perturbation. Then we move into studying the inverse problem and find that by knowing the corresponding Dirichlet to Neumann map (D-N map) of Lb,c\mathscr{L}_{b,c} on the exterior domain RnΩ\mathbb{R}^n \setminus \Omega, it is possible to determine the lower order perturbations `bb',`qq' in Ω\Omega. We also discuss the recovery of `bb', `qq' from a single measurement and its limitations.

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@article{arxiv.1810.03567,
  title  = {Inverse Problem for Fractional-Laplacian with Lower Order Non-local Perturbations},
  author = {Sombuddha Bhattacharyya and Tuhin Ghosh and Gunther Uhlmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.03567},
  year   = {2020}
}