Uniqueness for an inverse space-dependent source term in a multi-dimensional time-fractional diffusion equation

This paper is devoted to identify a space-dependent source term in a multi-dimensional time-fractional diffusion equation from boundary measured data. The uniqueness for the inverse source problem is proved by the Laplace transformation method.     

Uniqueness for an inverse source problem of determining a space dependent source in a time-fractional diffusion equation

We study uniqueness of a solution for an inverse source problem arising in linear time-fractional diffusion equations with time dependent coefficients. New uniqueness results are formulated in Theorem 3.1. We also show optimality of the conditions under which uniqueness holds by explicitly constructing counterexamples, that is by constructing more than one solution in the case when the conditions for uniqueness are violated.     

Uniqueness and stability of the minimizer for a binary functional arising in an inverse heat conduction problem

The local well-posedness of the minimizer of an optimal control problem is studied in this paper. The optimization problem concerns an inverse problem of simultaneously reconstructing the initial temperature and heat radiative coefficient in a heat conduction equation. Being different from other ordinary optimization problems, the cost functional constructed in the paper is a binary functional which contains two independent variables and two independent regularization parameters. Particularly, since the status of the two unknown coefficients in the cost functional are different, the conjugate theory which is extensively used in single-parameter optimization problems cannot be applied for our problem. The necessary condition which must be satisfied by the minimizer is deduced. By assuming the terminal time T is relatively small, an L² estimate regarding the minimizer is obtained, from which the uniqueness and stability of the minimizer can be deduced immediately.     

Stability on the one-dimensional inverse source scattering problem in a two-layered medium

This paper concerns the stability on the inverse source scattering problem for the one-dimensional Helmholtz equation in a two-layered medium. We show that the increasing stability can be achieved using multi-frequency wave field at the two end points of the interval which contains the compact support of the source function.     

Initial value/boundary value problems for fractional diffusion-wave equations and applications to some inverse problems

We consider initial value/boundary value problems for fractional diffusion-wave equation: , where 0<α?2, where L is a symmetric uniformly elliptic operator with t-independent smooth coefficients. First we establish the unique existence of the weak solution and the asymptotic behavior as the time t goes to ∞ and the proofs are based on the eigenfunction expansions. Second for α∈(0,1), we apply the eigenfunction expansions and prove (i) stability in the backward problem in time, (ii) the uniqueness in determining an initial value and (iii) the uniqueness of solution by the decay rate as t→∞, (iv) stability in an inverse source problem of determining t-dependent factor in the source by observation at one point over (0,T).     

Monotonicity of input-output mappings in inverse coefficient and source problems for parabolic equations

This article presents a mathematical analysis of input-output mappings in inverse coefficient and source problems for the linear parabolic equation ut=(kx(x)ux)+F(x,t), (x,t)∈ΩT:=(0,1)×(0,T]. The most experimentally feasible boundary measured data, the Neumann output (flux) data f(t):=−k(0)ux(0,t), is used at the boundary x=0. For each inverse problems structure of the input-output mappings is analyzed based on maximum principle and corresponding adjoint problems. Derived integral identities between the solutions of forward problems and corresponding adjoint problems, permit one to prove the monotonicity and invertibility of the input-output mappings. Some numerical applications are presented.     

Slowly oscillating solutions of parabolic inverse problems

We first extend slowly oscillating functions to a more general setting and investigate their properties. Then we show the existence and uniqueness of slowly oscillating solutions of parabolic equations and parabolic inverse problems.     

Uniqueness of two phaseless non-overdetermined inverse acoustics problems in 3-d

Uniqueness is proven for two non-overdetermined 3-d inverse problems of the determination of the spatially distributed sound speed in the frequency dependent acoustic PDE. The main new point is the assumption that only the modulus of the scattered complex valued wave field is measured on a certain set. The phase is unknown.     

Determination of the source parameter in a heat equation with a non-local boundary condition

In this article we consider the inverse problem of identifying a time dependent unknown coefficient in a parabolic problem subject to initial and non-local boundary conditions along with an overspecified condition defined at a specific point in the spatial domain. Due to the non-local boundary condition, the system of linear equations resulting from the backward Euler approximation have a coefficient matrix that is a quasi-tridiagonal matrix. We consider an efficient method for solving the linear system and the predictor–corrector method for calculating the solution and updating the estimate of the unknown coefficient. Two model problems are solved to demonstrate the performance of the methods.     

一类热传导方程的反问题

在本篇文章中,主要研究的是用伴随问题方法解决热传导方程反问题中的系数识别问题。     

A Ulm-like method for inverse eigenvalue problems

We propose a Ulm-like method for solving inverse eigenvalue problems, which avoids solving approximate Jacobian equations comparing with other known methods. A convergence analysis of this method is provided and the R-quadratic convergence property is proved under the assumption of the distinction of given eigenvalues. Numerical experiments as well as the comparison with the inexact Newton-like method are given in the last section.     

Logarithmic stability inequality in an inverse source problem for the heat equation on a waveguide

ABSTRACT

We prove logarithmic stability in the parabolic inverse problem of determining the space-varying factor in the source, by a single partial boundary measurement of the solution to the heat equation in an infinite closed waveguide, with homogeneous initial and Dirichlet data.     

Numerical inversions for a nonlinear source term in the heat equation by optimal perturbation algorithm

This paper deals with an inverse problem of identifying a nonlinear source term g=g(u) in the heat equation u_t-u_xx=a(x)g(u). By data compatibility analysis, the forward problem is proved to have a unique positive solution with a maximum of M>0, with which an optimal perturbation algorithm is applied to determine the source function g(u) on u∈[0,M]. Numerical inversions are carried out for g(u) with functional forms of polynomial, trigonometric and index functions. The inversion reconstruction sources basically coincide with the true source solution showing that the optimal perturbation algorithm is efficient to the inverse source problem here. By the computations we find that the inversion results are better for polynomial sources than those of trigonometric and index sources. The inversion algorithm seems to be very sharp if the solution’s maximum M of the forward problem is relatively small; otherwise, the deviations in the source solutions become large especially near the endpoint of u=M.     

Uniqueness on identification of cubic convolution nonlinearity

We shall consider the inverse scattering problem for time dependent version of Hartree equation and nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation. The uniqueness theorem on identifying the cubic convolution nonlinearity from the knowledge of the scattering operator will be shown.     

Uniqueness of solutions to inverse Sturm–Liouville problems with potential using three spectra

The uniqueness of solutions to two inverse Sturm–Liouville problems using three spectra is proven, based on the uniqueness of the solution-pair to an overdetermined Goursat–Cauchy boundary value problem. We discuss the uniqueness of the potential for a Dirichlet boundary condition at an arbitrary interior node, and for a Robin boundary condition at an arbitrary interior node, whereas at the exterior nodes we have Dirichlet boundary conditions in both situations. Here we are particularly concerned with potential functions that are L²(0,a).     

A new method for numerical differentiation based on direct and inverse problems of partial differential equations

In this paper, we mainly study a numerical differentiation problem which aims to approximate the second order derivative of a single variable function from its noise data. By transforming the problem into a combination of direct and inverse problems of partial differential equations (heat conduction equations), a new method that we call the PDEs-based numerical differentiation method is proposed. By means of the finite element method and the Tikhonov regularization, implementations of the proposed PDEs-based method are presented with a posterior strategy for choosing regularization parameters. Numerical results show that the PDEs-based numerical differentiation method is highly feasible and stable with respect to data noise.     

Some inverse scattering problems on star-shaped graphs

Having in mind applications to the fault-detection/diagnosis of lossless electrical networks, here we consider some inverse scattering problems for Schrödinger operators over star-shaped graphs. We restrict ourselves to the case of minimal experimental setup consisting in measuring, at most, two reflection coefficients when an infinite homogeneous (potential-less) branch is added to the central node. First, by studying the asymptotic behavior of only one reflection coefficient in the high-frequency limit, we prove the identifiability of the geometry of this star-shaped graph: the number of edges and their lengths. Next, we study the potential identification problem by inverse scattering, noting that the potentials represent the inhomogeneities due to the soft faults in the network wirings (potentials with bounded H¹-norms). The main result states that, under some assumptions on the geometry of the graph, the measurement of two reflection coefficients, associated to two different sets of boundary conditions at the external vertices of the tree, determines uniquely the potentials; it can be seen as a generalization of the theorem of the two boundary spectra on an interval.     

A new reconstruction method for a parabolic inverse source problem

In this paper, we focus on the detection of the shape and location of a discontinuous source term from the knowledge of boundary measurements. We propose a non-iterative reconstruction algorithm based on the Kohn-Vogelius formulation and the topological sensitivity analysis method. The inverse source problem is formulated as a topology optimization one. A topological sensitivity analysis is derived from an energy-like cost function. The unknown shape of the term source support is reconstructed using a level-set curve of the topological gradient. The efficiency of our algorithm is illustrated by some numerical simulations.