English
Related papers

Related papers: Distributed source identification for wave equatio…

200 papers

Due to the space and time dependence of the wave function in the time dependent Schroedinger equation, different boundary conditions are possible. The equation is usually solved as an ``initial value problem'', by fixing the value of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-16 A. D. Baute , I. L. Egusquiza , J. G. Muga

We characterize the observability property (and, by duality, the controllability and the stabilization) of the wave equation on a Riemannian manifold $\Omega,$ with or without boundary, where the observation (or control) domain is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-04-25 Jérôme Le Rousseau , Gilles Lebeau , Peppino Terpolilli , Emmanuel Trélat

A closed-form expression for the amplitudes of source waves in 2D discrete lattice with local and linear (waveguides) defects is derived. The numerical implementation of this analytic expression is demonstrated by several examples.

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-01-11 Anton A. Kutsenko

We establish new Carleman estimates for the wave equation, which we then apply to derive novel observability inequalities for a general class of linear wave equations. The main features of these inequalities are that (a) they apply to a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-15 Arick Shao

The inverse problem of identifying the unknown spacewise dependent source F(x) in 1D wave equation is considered. Measured data are taken in the form g(t) := u(0; t). The relationship between that problem and Ground Penetrating Radar (GRR)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-14 Balgaisha Mukanova , Vladimir G. Romanov

In this paper, we develop and numerically implement a novel approach for solving the inverse source problem of the acoustic wave equation in three dimensions. By injecting a small high-contrast droplet into the medium, we exploit the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Shutong Hou , Mourad Sini , Haibing Wang

We give a boundary observability result for a $1$d wave equation with a potential. We then deduce with a Schauder fixed-point argument the existence of a Neumann boundary control for a semi-linear wave equation $\partial_{tt}y -…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-12 Sue Claret

This paper addresses the inverse problem of simultaneously recovering multiple unknown parameters for semilinear wave equations from boundary measurements. We consider an initial-boundary value problem for a wave equation with a general…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Dong Qiu , Xiang Xu , Yeqiong Ye , Ting Zhou

This work is concerned with the distributed controllability of the one-dimensional wave equation over non-cylindrical domains. The controllability in that case has been obtained in [Castro-Cindea-Munch, Controllability of the linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-05 Arthur Bottois , Nicolae Cindea , Arnaud Munch

This paper is concerned with inverse acoustic source problems in an unbounded domain with dynamical boundary surface data of Dirichlet kind. The measurement data are taken at a surface far away from the source support. We prove uniqueness…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-22 Guanghui Hu , Yavar Kian , Yue Zhao

In this paper, modulating functions-based method is proposed for estimating space-time dependent unknowns in one-dimensional partial differential equations. The proposed method simplified the problem into a system of algebraic equations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-13 Sharefa Asiri , Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

In this work, we propose an observation system based on the available data which solution is one-be-one mapping to the forward problem(with the unknown initial function) solution. It implies their solutions share the same linear structure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Dakang Cen , Zhiyuan Li , Wenlong Zhang

An inverse obstacle problem for the wave equation in a two layered medium is considered. It is assumed that the unknown obstacle is penetrable and embedded in the lower half-space. The wave as a solution of the wave equation is generated by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-07 Masaru Ikehata , Mishio Kawashita

We consider the inverse conductivity problem of identifying embedded objects in unbounded domains. The main tool is a set of special solutions to the Schroedinger equation, the complex spherical waves, which are constructed by a Carleman…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Mikko Salo , Jenn-Nan Wang

We consider boundary measurements for the wave equation on a bounded domain $M \subset \R^2$ or on a compact Riemannian surface, and introduce a method to locate a discontinuity in the wave speed. Assuming that the wave speed consist of an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-06-17 Lauri Oksanen

We investigate the evolution of dispersive waves governed by linear wave equations, where a finite duration source is applied. The resulting wave may be viewed as the superposition of modes before the source is turned on and after it is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-22 J. S. Ben-Benjamin , L. Cohen

The creation and justification of the methods for minimax estimation of parameters of the external boundary value problems for the Helmholtz equation in unbounded domains are considered. When observations are distributed in subdomains, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-14 Yury Podlipenko , Yury Shestopalov , Vladimir Prishlyak

This paper is concerned with an inverse wavenumber/frequency-dependent source problem for the Helmholtz equation. In two and three dimensions, the unknown source term is supposed to be compactly supported in spatial variables but…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Mengjie Zhao , Suliang Si , Guanghui Hu

The discrete wave equation in a multidimensional uniform space with local defects and sources is considered. The characterization of all possible defect configurations corresponding to given amplitudes of waves at the receivers (detectors)…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-28 Anton A. Kutsenko

We consider wave propagation problems over 2-dimensional domains with piecewise-linear boundaries, possibly including scatterers. We assume that the wave speed is constant, and that the initial conditions and forcing terms are radially…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Davide Pradovera , Monica Nonino , Ilaria Perugia