Related papers: An inverse problem for the heat equation
Let $h:[0,\infty)\mapsto [0,\infty)$ be continuous and nondecreasing, $h(t)>0$ if $t>0$, and $m,q$ be positive real numbers. We investigate the behavior when $k\to\infty$ of the fundamental solutions $u=u_{k}$ of $\prt_{t} u-\Delta…
The heat equation does not have time-reversal invariance. However, using a solution of an associated wave equation which has time-reversal invariance, one can establish an explicit extraction formula of the minimum sphere that is centered…
Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) is an essential step in computational model validation because assessment of the model accuracy requires a concrete, quantifiable measure of uncertainty in the model predictions. The concept of UQ in the…
A class of inverse problems for a heat equation with involution perturbation is considered using four different boundary conditions, namely, Dirichlet, Neumann, periodic and anti-periodic boundary conditions. Proved theorems on existence…
The author studies the diffusion problem $u_t=u_{xx},\ 0<x<1,\ t>0; \ u(x,0)=0,$ and $-u_x(0,t)=u_x(1,t)=\phi(t),$ where $\phi(t)$ is a control function that ensures that the total mass $\int_0^1 u(x,t_k)dx$ stays between two predetermined…
In the Hilbert space $H$, the inverse problem of determining the right-hand side of the abstract subdiffusion equation with the fractional Caputo derivative is considered. For the forward problem, a non-local in time condition $u(0)=u(T)$…
The inverse first-passage problem for a Wiener process $(W_t)_{t\ge0}$ seeks to determine a function $b{}:{}\mathbb{R}_+\to\mathbb{R}$ such that \[\tau=\inf\{t>0| W_t\ge b(t)\}\] has a given law. In this paper two methods for approximating…
We study the self-similar solutions of any sign of the equation u_{t}-div(|∇u|^{p-2}∇u)=|u|^{q-1}u, in R^{N}, where p,q>1. We extend the results of Haraux-Weissler obtained for p=2 to the case q>p-1>0. In particular we study the…
In this short note we prove that if $u$ solves $(\partial_t - \Delta)^s u = Vu$ in $\mathbb R^n_x \times \mathbb R_t$, and vanishes to infinite order at a point $(x_0, t_0)$, then $u \equiv 0$ in $\mathbb R^n_x \times \mathbb R_t$. This…
We deal with a dynamical system \begin{align*} & u_{tt}-\Delta u+qu=0 && {\rm in}\,\,\,\Omega \times (0,T)\\ & u\big|_{t=0}=u_t\big|_{t=0}=0 && {\rm in}\,\,\,\overline \Omega\\ & \partial_\nu u = f && {\rm in}\,\,\,\partial\Omega \times…
We discuss inverse problems of determining the time-dependent source coefficient for a general class of subelliptic heat equations. We show that a single data at an observation point guarantees the existence of a (smooth) solution pair for…
In this article, we consider the space-time Fractional (nonlocal) diffusion equation $$\partial_t^\beta u(t,x)={\mathtt{L}_D^{\alpha_1,\alpha_2}} u(t,x), \ \ t\geq 0, \ x\in D, $$ where $\partial_t^\beta$ is the Caputo fractional derivative…
Understanding heat transport in one-dimensional systems remains a major challenge in theoretical physics, both from the quantum as well as from the classical point of view. In fact, steady states of one-dimensional systems are commonly…
We investigate uniqueness in the inverse problem of reconstructing simultaneously a spacewise conductivity function and a heat source in the parabolic heat equation from the usual conditions of the direct problem and additional information…
The main goal of this work is to prove that every non-negative {\it strong solution} $u(x,t)$ to the problem $$ u_t+(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}u=0 \ \quad\mbox{for } (x,t)\in\mathbb{R}^{n}\times(0,T), \quad 0<\alpha<2, $$ can be written as…
Let $A$ be an arbitrary positive selfadjoint operator, defined in a separable Hilbert space $H$. The inverse problems of determining the right-hand side of the equation and the function $\phi$ in the non-local boundary value problem…
We consider the problem of determining a pair of functions $(u,f)$ satisfying the heat equation $u_t -\Delta u =\varphi(t)f (x,y)$, where $(x,y)\in \Omega=(0,1)\times (0,1)$ and the function $\varphi$ is given. The problem is ill-posed.…
The one-dimensional problem of the nonlinear heat equation is considered. We assume that the heat flow in the origin of coordinates is the power function of time and the initial temperature is zero. Approximate solutions of the problem are…
This note is devoted to a study of $L^q$-tracing of the fractional temperature field $u(t,x)$ -- the weak solution of the fractional heat equation $(\partial_t+(-\Delta_x)^\alpha)u(t,x)=g(t,x)$ in $L^p(\mathbb R^{1+n}_+)$ subject to the…
Three inverse boundary value problems for the heat equations in one space dimension are considered. Those three problems are: extracting an unknown interface in a heat conductive material, an unknown boundary in a layered material or a…