On the Unique Solvability of an Inverse Problem for Parabolic Equations under a Final Overdetermination Condition

We consider the unique solvability of the inverse problem of determining the right-hand side of a parabolic equation with the leading coefficient depending on time and space variables under a final overdetermination condition. We obtain two types of conditions that are sufficient for the local solvability of the inverse problem and also prove the so-called Fredholm solvability of the inverse problem under study.     

Inverse problem with a time‐integral condition for a fractional diffusion equation

We find the conditions for the unique solvability of the inverse problem for a time‐fractional diffusion equation with Schwarz‐type distributions in the right‐hand sides. This problem is to find a generalized solution of the Cauchy problem and an unknown space‐dependent part of an equation's right‐hand side under a time‐integral overdetermination condition.     

Inverse spectral reconstruction problem for the convolution operator perturbed by a one-dimensional operator

We consider a one-dimensional perturbation of the convolution operator. We study the inverse reconstruction problem for the convolution component using the characteristic numbers under the assumption that the perturbation summand is known a priori. The problem is reduced to the solution of the so-called basic nonlinear integral equation with singularity. We prove the global solvability of this nonlinear equation. On the basis of these results, we prove a uniqueness theorem and obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the solvability of the inverse problem.     

Determination of the Robin coefficient in a nonlinear boundary condition for a steady‐state problem

In this paper, a constant heat transfer coefficient present in a nonlinear Robin‐type boundary condition associated with an elliptic equation is reconstructed uniquely from a single boundary energy measurement. Two types of such boundary energy measurement are considered, and solvability theorems for the solution of the resulting nonlinear inverse problems are provided. Further, one‐dimensional numerical results are presented and discussed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Solvability of a class of integro-differential equations and connections to one-dimensional inverse problems

A new approach to one-dimensional inverse problem was recently introduced by Barry Simon. We continue the study on an intermediate object A, which satisfies a nonlinear integro-differential equation. We prove local solvability of this A-equation and find a necessary condition for global solvability. Some exact solutions are presented.     

Problem of determining the nonstationary potential in a hyperbolic-type equation

We solve the problem of determining the hyperbolic equation coefficient depending on two variables. Some additional information is given by the trace of the direct problem solution on the hyperplane x = 0. We estimate the stability of the solution of the inverse problem under study and prove the uniqueness theorem. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 156, No. 2, pp. 220–225, August, 2008.     

Recovery of the unknown coefficients in a two-dimensional hyperbolic equation

In this paper, an inverse boundary value problem for a two-dimensional hyperbolic equation with overdetermination conditions is studied. To investigate the solvability of the original problem, we first consider an auxiliary inverse boundary value problem and prove its equivalence to the original problem in a certain sense. We then use the Fourier method to reduce such an equivalent problem to a system of integral equations. Furthermore, we prove the existence and uniqueness theorem for the auxiliary problem by the contraction mappings principle. Based on the equivalency of these problems, the existence and uniqueness theorem for the classical solution of the original inverse problem is proved. Some discussions on the numerical solutions for this inverse problem are presented including some numerical examples.     

On the inverse problem of determining the leading coefficient in parabolic equations

We study the unique solvability of the inverse problem of determining the leading coefficient in the parabolic equation on the plane with coefficients depending on both time and spatial variables under the condition of integral overdetermination with respect to time. We obtain sufficient conditions for the unique solvability of the inverse problem. We present nontrivial examples of problems for which such conditions hold. It is shown that the imposed conditions necessarily hold if either the time interval is sufficiently large or the space interval on which the problem is considered is sufficiently small.     

Existence of a Nonstationary Poiseuille Solution

The nonstationary Poiseuille solution describing the flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in an infinite cylinder is defined as a solution of the inverse problem for the heat equation. The existence and uniqueness of such nonstationary Poiseuille solution with the prescribed flux F(t) of the velocity field is studied. It is proved that under some compatibility conditions on the initial data and flux F(t) the corresponding inverse problem has a unique solution in Holder spaces.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 Pileckas K. and Keblikas V.__________Translated from Sibirskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 649–662, May–June, 2005.     

Solvability and stability of the inverse Sturm–Liouville problem with analytical functions in the boundary condition

The paper deals with the Sturm–Liouville eigenvalue problem with the Dirichlet boundary condition at one end of the interval and with the boundary condition containing entire functions of the spectral parameter at the other end. We study the inverse problem, which consists in recovering the potential from a part of the spectrum. This inverse problem generalizes partial inverse problems on finite intervals and on graphs and also the inverse transmission eigenvalue problem. We obtain sufficient conditions for global solvability of the studied inverse problem, which prove its local solvability and stability. In addition, application of our main results to the partial inverse Sturm–Liouville problem on the star-shaped graph is provided.     

一非线性发展方程的反问题

研究一非线性发展方程的未知源项的反演问题.首先,把所考虑的初边值问题化成一等价非线性发展方程的Cauchy问题;然后,利用半群理论,论证反问题解的存在性和唯一性;最后,利用压缩映射不动点方法,得到反问题的可解性.     

Global solvability for the Kirchhoff equations in exterior domains of dimension larger than three

We consider the unique global solvability of initial (boundary) value problem for the Kirchhoff equations in exterior domains or in the whole Euclidean space for dimension larger than three. The following sufficient condition is known: initial data is sufficiently small in some weighted Sobolev spaces for the whole space case; the generalized Fourier transform of the initial data is sufficiently small in some weighted Sobolev spaces for the exterior domain case. The purpose of this paper is to give sufficient conditions on the usual Sobolev norm of the initial data, by showing that the global solvability for this equation follows from a time decay estimate of the solution of the linear wave equation. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

具有未知源的某些非线性伪抛物型方程的反问题

考 虑具有未 知源项的 某些非 线性伪 抛物 型方程 的反演 问题． 首先 将伪抛 物型 方程初 边值问 题化为非线 性发展方 程 Ｃｏｕｃｈ ｙ 问题,然 后,利用半 群理论,论 证发展 方程反问 题解的存 在唯一 性,最后, 利用不 动点方法得到 伪抛物型方程反 问题的可解性     

Inverse scattering problem for Sturm–Liouville operator with nonlinear dependence on the spectral parameter in the boundary condition

The inverse problem of the scattering theory for Sturm–Liouville operator on the half line with boundary condition depending quadratic on the spectral parameter is considered. Scattering data are defined, some properties of the scattering data are examined, the main equation is obtained, solvability of the integral equation is proved and uniqueness of algorithm to the potential with given scattering data is studied. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Spectral Analysis of a Class of Non-Self-Adjoint Differential Operator Pencils with a Generalized Function

We investigate the spectrum and solve the inverse problem for a pencil of non-self-adjoint second-order differential operators with a generalized function in the space L₂(−∞, +∞). __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 145, No. 1, pp. 102–107, October, 2005.     

Identification problem for a one‐dimensional vibrating system

We discuss an inverse problem of determining a coefficient matrix and an initial value for a one‐dimensional non‐symmetric hyperbolic system of the first order by means of boundary values over a time interval. Provided that a time interval is sufficiently long and a given initial value satisfies some non‐degeneracy condition, we characterize coefficient matrices and initial values realizing the same boundary values. In the case where the initial value is fixed, we can prove the uniqueness in determining all the components of the coefficient matrices. The proof is based on a transformation formula and spectral properties. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一类Laplace双曲型方程广义Cauchy问题的反问题

本文讨论了确定Ｌａｐｌｉｔｃｅ双曲型方程u_xy(x,y)+a(x,y)u_x(x,y)+b(x,y)+u_y(x,y)+q(x)u(x,y)=f(x,y)的广义Ｃａｕｃｈｙ问题中系数ｑ（ｘ）的反问题。文中利用特征法线及不动点理论，导出了与反问题等价的非线性积分方程组，证明了反问题局部解的存在唯一性，最后给出了反问题整体用的唯一性定理。     

Asymptotic stability and blow up of solutions for a Petrovsky inverse source problem with dissipative boundary condition

This paper is concerned with global in time behavior of solutions for a quasilinear Petrovsky inverse source problem with boundary dissipation. We establish a stability result when the integral constraint vanishes as time goes to infinity. We also show that the smooth solutions blow up when the data is chosen appropriately. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Solvability of nonlinear boundary-value problems arising in modeling plasma diffusion across a magnetic field and its equilibrium configurations

We study the simplest one-dimensional model of plasma density balance in a tokamak type system, which can be reduced to an initial boundary-value problem for a second-order parabolic equation with implicit degeneration containing nonlocal (integral) operators. The problem of stabilizing nonstationary solutions to stationary ones is reduced to studying the solvability of a nonlinear integro-differential boundary-value problem. We obtain sufficient conditions for the parameters of this boundary-value problem to provide the existence and the uniqueness of a classical stationary solution, and for this solution we obtain the attraction domain by a constructive method.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 77, no. 2, 2005, pp. 219–234.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by G. A. Rudykh, A. V. Sinitsyn.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected issue number.     

Full discretization of a nonlinear parabolic problem containing volterra operators and an unknown dirichlet boundary condition

The reconstruction of an unknown solely time‐dependent Dirichlet boundary condition in a nonlinear parabolic problem containing a linear and a nonlinear Volterra operator is considered. The inverse problem is converted into a variational problem in which the unknown Dirichlet condition is eliminated using a given integral overdetermination. A time‐discrete recurrent approximation scheme is designed, using Backward Euler's method. The convergence of the approximations towards a solution of the variational problem is proved under appropriate assumptions on the data and on the Volterra operators. The uniqueness of this solution is shown in the case that the nonlinear Volterra operator satisfies a particular inequality. Moreover, the Finite Element Method is used to discretize the time‐discrete approximation scheme in space. Finally, full‐discrete error estimates are derived for a particular choice of the finite elements. The corresponding convergence rates are supported by a numerical experiment. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 31: 1444–1460, 2015