Identification of some spatially variable physical properties (Q932406)

A parabolic partial differential equation is considered. The data are chosen so that the problem has a unique weak solution. The purpose of the paper is to solve an inverse problem which determines a diffusion coefficient when a solution of a direct parabolic problem satisfies on the boundary both Dirichlet and Newmann boundary conditions. An integral identity which relates changes in coefficients to changes in measured data is presented. A modified Backus-Gilbert method is applied to this identity for generating a sequence of coefficients converging to the required unknown coefficient.