Inverse problem of simultaneously determining the right-hand side and the coefficient of a lower order derivative for a parabolic equation on the plane (Q742808): Difference between revisions

In this paper, the author considers the existence and uniqueness of a solution \(\{u(t,x), f(t), b(t)\}\) of the inverse problem \[ \begin{alignedat}{2} &u_t-a(t,x)u_{xx}+b(t)u_x+d(t,x)u=f(t)g(t,x),&\quad &(t,x)\in Q, \\ & u(0,x)=u_0(x), &\quad &x\in[-l,l], \\ & u(t,-l)=u(t,l)=0, &\quad & t\in[0,T], \\ &\int^l_{-l}u(t,x)w(x)dx=\phi(x),&\quad & t\in[0,T], \\ &\int^l_{-l}u_x(t,x)w(x)dx=\psi(x),&\quad &t\in[0,T],\end{alignedat} \] where \(Q=[0,T]\times[-l,l]\) and \(T\), \(l\) are some constants. The author gives explicit estimates for the maximum absolute value of the unknown right-hand side and the unknown coefficient of the equation with constants expressed via the input data of the problem. Finally, the author presents a nontrivial example of an inverse problem to which the theorem applies.