An inverse boundary value problem for electrical networks (Q677093)

Let \(D= \{(a, b)\in\mathbb{Z}^2: 1\leq a\leq m,\;1\leq b\leq n\}\) be a network with the boundary points \(\partial D= \{(a, 0),(a, n+ 1): 1\leq a\leq m\}\cup \{(0, b),(m+ 1,b): 1\leq b\leq n\}\). The author proves existence and uniqueness of the forward problem: to find \(u: D\to\mathbb{R}\) which satisfies \[ \sum_{\substack{ q\in D\cup\partial D\\ p\sim q}} \gamma(p,q)(u(p)- u(q))= 0,\;p\in D,\quad u(p)= f(p),\;p\in\partial D, \] where \(q\sim p\) are neighbour points, \(\gamma(p, q)\) denotes the conductivity of the edge \((p,q)\) and \(f\) is the given boundary voltage. The main result of the article is the solvability of the inverse problem: to find \(\gamma\) from the knowledge of \(f\) and \(J^f(p)= -\gamma(p, p')(u^f(p)- u^f(p'))\), \(p\in\partial D\), where \(u^f\) is the solution of the forward problem for data given by \(f\).