A Dirichlet-Integral–Based Dual-Access Collocation-Kernel Approach to Point Source Gravity-Field Modeling

DOI10.1137/060659090zbMATH Open1138.86007arXivphysics/0612099OpenAlexW2592359131MaRDI QIDQ5451635FDOQ5451635

Authors: Alan Rufty 

Publication date: 27 March 2008

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Problems in $mathbb{R}^3$ are addressed where the scalar potential of an associated vector field satisfies Laplace's equation in some unbounded external region and is to be approximated by unknown (point) sources contained in the complimentary subregion. Two specific field geometries are considered: $mathbb{R}^3$ half-space and the exterior of an $mathbb{R}^3$ sphere, which are the two standard settings for geophysical and geoexploration gravitational problems. For these geometries it is shown that a new type of kernel space exists, which is labeled a Dirichlet-integral dual-access collocation-kernel space (DIDACKS) and that is well suited for many applications. The DIDACKS examples studied are related to reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces and they have a replicating kernel (as opposed to a reproducing kernel) that has the ubiquitous form of the inverse of the distance between a field point and a corresponding source point. Underpinning this approach are three basic mathematical relationships of general interest. Two of these relationships--corresponding to the two geometries--yield exact closed-form inner products and thus exact linear equation sets for the corresponding point source strengths of various types (i.e., point mass, point dipole and/or point quadrupole sets) at specified source locations. The given field is reconstructed not only in a point collocation sense, but also in a (weighted) field-energy error-minimization sense.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0612099

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zbMATH Keywords

inverse problemreproducing kernelsfundamental solutionspoint sourceLaplace's equationpoint collocation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse problems in geophysics (86A22) Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Inverse problems for PDEs (35R30) Integral representations, integral operators, integral equations methods in higher dimensions (31B10)

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