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Inverse problems for semilinear wave equations on Lorentzian manifolds

Analysis of PDEs 2016-06-21 v1

Abstract

We consider inverse problems in space-time (M,g)(M, g), a 44-dimensional Lorentzian manifold. For semilinear wave equations gu+H(x,u)=f\square_g u + H(x, u) = f, where g\square_g denotes the usual Laplace-Beltrami operator, we prove that the source-to-solution map L:fuVL: f \rightarrow u|_V, where VV is a neighborhood of a time-like geodesic μ\mu, determines the topological, differentiable structure and the conformal class of the metric of the space-time in the maximal set where waves can propagate from μ\mu and return back. Moreover, on a given space-time (M,g)(M, g), the source-to-solution map determines some coefficients of the Taylor expansion of HH in uu.

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@article{arxiv.1606.06261,
  title  = {Inverse problems for semilinear wave equations on Lorentzian manifolds},
  author = {Matti Lassas and Gunther Uhlmann and Yiran Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.06261},
  year   = {2016}
}
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