The truncation method for a two-dimensional nonhomogeneous backward heat problem (Q988584)

The backward heat problem with homogeneous Dirichlet condition on the rectangle is considered. The problem is severely ill-posed. Using the truncation method for Fourier series a simple regularized solution is proposed which not only works on a very weak condition on the exact data but also attains, due to the smoothness of the exact solution, explicit error estimates. Some numerical examples are given to illuminate the effect of the method.