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Inverse coefficient problems for a transport equation by local Carleman estimate

Analysis of PDEs 2020-01-08 v1

Abstract

We consider the transport equation \ppptu(x,t)+(H(x)u(x,t))+p(x)u(x,t)=0\ppp_tu(x,t) + (H(x)\cdot \nabla u(x,t)) + p(x)u(x,t) = 0 in \OOO×(0,T)\OOO \times (0,T) where \OOORn\OOO \subset \R^n is a bounded domain, and discuss two inverse problems which consist of determining a vector-valued function H(x)H(x) or a real-valued function p(x)p(x) by initial values and data on a subboundary of \OOO\OOO. Our results are conditional stability of H\"older type in a subdomain DD provided that the outward normal component of H(x)H(x) is positive on \pppD\ppp\OOO\ppp D \cap \ppp\OOO. The proofs are based on a Carleman estimate where the weight function depends on HH.

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@article{arxiv.1902.06355,
  title  = {Inverse coefficient problems for a transport equation by local Carleman estimate},
  author = {Piermarco Cannarsa and Giuseppe Floridia and Fikret Gölgeleyen and Masahiro Yamamoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.06355},
  year   = {2020}
}
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