A global uniqueness theorem for an inverse boundary value problem (Q579532): Difference between revisions

The authors prove that the single smooth coefficient, \(\gamma\), of the elliptic operator \(L_{\gamma}=\nabla \cdot \gamma \nabla\) in a bounded region \(\Omega \leq {\mathbb{R}}^ n\) (n\(\geq 3)\) can be recovered from the map which sends the boundary values of a \(\gamma\)-harmonic function u \((L_{\gamma}u=0\) in \(\Omega)\) to the boundary values of its conormal derivative \(\gamma\) (\(\partial u/\partial \nu)\). This shows that the isotropic conductivity of a body can, in principal, be recovered from voltage to current measurement at the boundary.