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The Calder\'on problem for the conformal Laplacian

Analysis of PDEs 2016-12-26 v1 Differential Geometry Geometric Topology

Abstract

We consider a conformally invariant version of the Calder\'on problem, where the objective is to determine the conformal class of a Riemannian manifold with boundary from the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for the conformal Laplacian. The main result states that a locally conformally real-analytic manifold in dimensions 3\geq 3 can be determined in this way, giving a positive answer to an earlier conjecture by Lassas and Uhlmann (2001). The proof proceeds as in the standard Calder\'on problem on a real-analytic Riemannian manifold, but new features appear due to the conformal structure. In particular, we introduce a new coordinate system that replaces harmonic coordinates when determining the conformal class in a neighborhood of the boundary.

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@article{arxiv.1612.07939,
  title  = {The Calder\'on problem for the conformal Laplacian},
  author = {Matti Lassas and Tony Liimatainen and Mikko Salo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.07939},
  year   = {2016}
}

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55 pages, 1 figure

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