Global Uniqueness and Stability for an Inverse Plate Problem

This paper deals with the global uniqueness and stability of an inverse problem for the plate equation. By means of a suitable transformation, the problem is reduced to the observability estimate for the plate equations with memory. The main tool that we employ is a global Carleman-type estimate. This work was supported by FANEDD of China Project 200119 and by NSFC under Grant 10371084. The author thanks Professor X. Zhang for help.