An inverse problem for the heat equation

arXivmath-ph/0102029MaRDI QIDQ6500657FDOQ6500657

Authors: A. G. Ramm 

Abstract: Let $u_t=u_{xx}-q(x)u,0leqxleq1$, $t>0$, $u(0,t)=0,u(1,t)=a(t),u(x,0)=0$, where $a(t)$ is a given function vanishing for $t>T$, $a(t)otequiv0$, $in{t}_0^{T}a(t)dt<infty$. Suppose one measures the flux $u_x(0,t):=b_0(t)$ for all $t>0$. Does this information determine $q(x)$ uniquely? Do the measurements of the flux $u_x(1,t):=b(t)$ give more information about $q(x)$ than $b_0(t)$ does? The above questions are answered in this paper.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse problems for PDEs (35R30)

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