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Inverse problems for heat equation and space-time fractional diffusion equation with one measurement

Analysis of PDEs 2019-03-12 v1

Abstract

Given a connected compact Riemannian manifold (M,g)(M,g) without boundary, dimM2\dim M\ge 2, we consider a space--time fractional diffusion equation with an interior source that is supported on an open subset VV of the manifold. The time-fractional part of the equation is given by the Caputo derivative of order α(0,1]\alpha\in(0,1], and the space fractional part by (Δg)β(-\Delta_g)^\beta, where β(0,1]\beta\in(0,1] and Δg\Delta_g is the Laplace--Beltrami operator on the manifold. The case α=β=1\alpha=\beta=1, which corresponds to the standard heat equation on the manifold, is an important special case. We construct a specific source such that measuring the evolution of the corresponding solution on VV determines the manifold up to a Riemannian isometry.

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@article{arxiv.1903.04348,
  title  = {Inverse problems for heat equation and space-time fractional diffusion equation with one measurement},
  author = {Tapio Helin and Matti Lassas and Lauri Ylinen and Zhidong Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.04348},
  year   = {2019}
}

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