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Uniqueness for a hyperbolic inverse problem with angular control on the coefficients

Analysis of PDEs 2010-12-17 v1

Abstract

Suppose qi(x)q_i(x), i=1,2i=1,2 are smooth functions on R3\R^3 and Ui(x,t)U_i(x,t) the solutions of the initial value problem {gather*} \pa_t^2 U_i- \Delta U_i - q_i(x) U_i = \delta(x,t), \qquad (x,t) \in \R^3 \times \R U_i(x,t) =0, \qquad \text{for} ~ t<0. {gather*} Pick R,TR,T so that 0<R<T0 < R < T and let CC be the vertical cylinder {(x,t):x=R, RtT}\{(x,t) \, : |x|=R, ~ R \leq t \leq T \}. We show that if (U1,U1r)=(U2,U2r)(U_1, U_{1r}) = (U_2, U_{2r}) on CC then q1=q2q_1 = q_2 on the annular region Rx(R+T)/2R \leq |x| \leq (R+T)/2 provided there is a γ>0\gamma>0, independent of rr, so that x=rΔS(q1q2)2dSxγx=rq1q22dSx,r[R,(R+T)/2].\int_{|x|=r} | \Delta_S (q_1 - q_2)|^2 \, dS_x \leq \gamma \int_{|x|=r} |q_1 - q_2|^2 \, dS_x, \qquad \forall r \in [R, (R+T)/2]. Here ΔS\Delta_S is the spherical Laplacian on x=r|x|=r.

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@article{arxiv.1012.3673,
  title  = {Uniqueness for a hyperbolic inverse problem with angular control on the coefficients},
  author = {Rakesh and Paul Sacks},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.3673},
  year   = {2010}
}
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