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Property $C$ and applications to inverse problems

Mathematical Physics 2009-09-04 v1 math.MP

Abstract

Let j:=d2dx2+k2qj(x),\ell_j:=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+k^2q_j(x), k=const>0,j=1,2,k=const>0, j=1,2, 0<c0qj(x)c1,0<c_0\leq q_j(x)\leq c_1, %qBV([0,1])q\in BV([0,1]), qq has finitely many discontinuity points xm[0,1],x_m\in [0,1], and is real-analytic on the intervals [xm,xm+1][x_m,x_{m+1}] between these points. The set of such functions qq is denoted by M.M. Only the following property of MM is used: if qjMq_j\in M, j=1,2,j=1,2, then the function p(x):=q2(x)q1(x)p(x):=q_2(x)-q_1(x) changes sign on the interval [0,1][0, 1] at most finitely many times. Suppose that ()01p(x)u1(x,k)u2(x,k)dx=0,k>0,(*)\quad \int_0^1p(x)u_1(x,k)u_2(x,k)dx=0,\quad \forall k>0, where pMp\in M is an arbitrary fixed function, and uju_j solves the problem juj=0,0x1,uj(0,k)=0,uj(0,k)=1.\ell_ju_j=0,\quad 0\leq x\leq 1,\quad u'_j(0,k)=0,\quad u_j(0,k)=1. If ()(*) implies h=0h=0, then the pair {1,2}\{\ell_1,\ell_2\} is said to have property CC on the set MM. This property is proved for the pair {1,2}\{\ell_1,\ell_2\}. Applications to some inverse problems for a heat equation are given. the set MM. This property is proved for the pair

Cite

@article{arxiv.0909.0523,
  title  = {Property $C$ and applications to inverse problems},
  author = {A. G. Ramm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.0523},
  year   = {2009}
}
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