DOI
10.1080/00036819408840296
Abstract
The problem of recovering a potential q(y) in the differential equation:
−∆u + q(y)u = 0 (x,y) &∈ (0, 1) × (0,1)
u(0, y) = u(1, y) = u(x, 0) = 0
u(x, 1) = f(x), uy(x, 1) = g(x)
is investigated. The method of separation of variables reduces the recovery of q(y) to a non-standard inverse Sturm-Liouville problem. Employing asymptotic techniques and integral operators of Gel'fand-Levitan type, it is shown that, under appropriate conditions on the Cauchy pair (f, g ), q(y) is uniquely determined, in a local sense, up to its mean. We characterize the ill-posedness of this inverse problem in terms of the "distinguishability" of potentials. An estimate is derived which indicates the maximum level of measurement error under which two potentials, differing only far away from y = 1, can be resolved.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1994
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 1994 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association). This article first appeared in Applicable Analysis 55, no. 3-4 (1994): 157-75. doi:10.1080/00036819408840296.
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Recommended Citation
Caudill, Lester F. "Determination of a Potential from Cauchy Data: Uniqueness and Distinguishability." Applicable Analysis 55, no. 3-4 (1994): 157-75. doi:10.1080/00036819408840296.