Multidimensional inverse hyperbolic problem with impulse input and a single boundary measurement
Multidimensional inverse hyperbolic problem with impulse input and a single boundary measurement
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具有脉冲输入和单边界测量的多维反双曲问题
DOI:
10.1515/jiip.1999.7.6.573
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
M. Yamamoto
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作者:
V. Romanov;M. Yamamoto
A problem of finding a coefficient q(x)> χ = ( χ ι , . . . , r c n )> η > 2, of a lower-order term in a hyperbolic equation from a single boundary observation is considered. The coefficient is assumed to be unknown inside a bounded domain Ω with a C^-piecewise smooth boundary #Ω. On a suitable bounded part of the cylindrical surface ΘΩ χ [Ο,οο), the Cauchy data for a solution to the hyperbolic equation with zero initial data and a source located on the hyperplane { ( x , t ) \ x\ = 0, t = 0} are supposed to be given. Applying the multiplier method to this inverse problem, we obtain a conditional stability estimate under a priori assumptions on smallness of q or the diameter of Ω. 1. STATEMENT OF THE INVERSE PROBLEM AND MAIN RESULTS Inverse problems for hyperbolic equations are intensively studied for the last years. The main obtained results are related to uniqueness and stability questions for the case of many boundary measurements (see, for example, the books [3, 6, 8] and the references therein). The boundary control method allows us to prove a uniqueness theorem for many important cases when the Dirichlet-toNeumann map is used [1]. For a single observation, there are few results. One of them is related to application of Carleman-type estimates and uses very strong restrictions on supports of data and cannot be applied for the most important inverse problems *Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Koptyug prosp., 4, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia. E-mail: romanov@math.nsc.ru t Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-8914, Japan. E-mail: myama@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp 574 V. G. Romanov and M. Yamamoto with sources located outside of the domain where a desired coefficient is unknown [2, 4]. As a most related paper, see Rakesh [7] where determination of spherically symmetric potentials is discussed. For the stability in an inverse hyperbolic problem by a single observation with the source located inside, we refer to Yamamoto [11]. Other results are obtained under the assumption on analyticity of unknown coefficients with respect to some components of variables [9, 10]. Without extra assumptions (such as analyticity) or a restriction for supports of data, even uniqueness seems not known. Our results consist in application of the multiplier method to an inverse problem of finding a coefficient of the lower term in a hyperbolic equation. For the multipler method, we can refer, for example, to Komornik [δ]. By this way we obtain a conditional stability estimate for the inverse problem. This estimate is derived under a priori assumptions on smallness of the unknown coefficient or smallness of the diameter of the domain where this coefficient is unknown. Let u(x,t), χ = (xi, . . . ,xn), η > 2, solve the Cauchy problem uti Δη + q(x)u = δ(χι)δ'(ί), u\t<o = 0 (1.1) where S(t) is the Dirac delta function. Set K+ = {x G E | x\ > 0} and denote by Ω C R+ a bounded domain with a C-piecewise smooth boundary <9Ω and the outward unit normal ν — ν (χ) to ΟΩ at χ G ΟΩ. Introduce the notations: GT = {(x,0 | x € Ω, X! < t <T + χι} Σ0 = {(Μ) ι ζ en, t = xi} Στ = {(Μ) | χ € Ω, t = T + Xl} ST = {(x,t) Ι Χ Ε Ο Ω , X! <t<τ + χι} where Τ is a positive fixed number. Let the Cauchy data of solutions to the problem (1.1) be given on STr\ u(x,t) = /(M), ^(M) = ff(M), OM) € ST. (1.2) The inverse problem is: find q(x) for χ G Ω from the data (1.2). Suppose that αίβιηΩ = 2r. Assume that Ω C £?(x°,r) where B(x°,r) is the ball of radius r centred at x° = (x?, 0 , . . . , 0) G E. We set K = tf (χ°,Γ0) = {(χ,ί) I |xi| < t < To |x x°|} and we choose T0 = Γ0(χ°,Γ) > Τ so that GT C K. Denote by Ρ = P(x°,T0) = {x | |xi| < To |x x°|} the projection of Κ on the space R. Henceforth [y] denotes the greatest integer not exceeding y. Let q G if+(P). The embedding theorem implies that q G C(P) with s = [(n + l)/2] -f 1 and there exist constants Ck = Cfc(x°,T) > 0 such that Inverse hyperbolic problem 575 where \q\k means the norm of q in C(P) while ||<?||n_j_2 IS the norm m Consider the set Q(qo) of functions: with a fixed positive number q0. The main results of the present paper are the following two theorems. Theorem 1.1. Let 4r <T and let uk be the solution to the problem (1.1) with q = qk G Q(qo), fk and gk be the Cauchy data in (1.2) for u — Uk, k = 1,2. Then there exist positive numbers C = C(T, £°,r), q$ = </o(T,£°,r) such that for arbitrary #0 < <?o the following estimate < ( ii/i holds for qi , <?2 G <2(<?o)· Theorem 1.2. Let u*. be the solution to the problem (1.1) with q = qk ζ Q(Qo)> fk and PA: be the Cauchy data in (1.2) for u = u^, fc = 1, 2. There exists a positive number r* = r*(T, x°, ζ?ο) such that: if r = i/2 diam Ω < r* and T > 4r, then we can taJce a positive number C = C(T, x°,f/o) satisfying the estimate The uniqueness in Q(go) follows from these theorems under the same restrictions. 2. PROOFS OF THE THEOREMS We shall use the following lemma on solutions to the Cauchy problem (1.1). Lemma 2.1. Let q G Q(qo). Then the solution to (1.1) can be represented in the form u(x, t) = ±S(t \x, |) + u(x, ί)θο(ί \xi |) (2.1) where u G H(K), s = [(n-f l)/2] + l, Q is the Heaviside step function: #o(i) = 1 if t > 0 and Θ0(ί) = 0 if t < 0. Moreover, 1 /*l*il ti(x, |xi I + 0) = / 9(ξ, χ') de, x G P (2.2) 4 </ο with re' = (χ25 · · · 5 #π)> and there exists a positive constant C* = C*(T, x°, go) such that \u(x,t)\ < q0C+, (x.t) G K. (2.3) We prove this lemma in Section 3. The representation (2.1) means that the regular part of the solution u(x,t) coincides with u(x, t) for (x, t) G K. Moreover, u G H(Sr) and du/dv G L(5r) 576 V. G. Romanov and M. Yamamoto by the trace theorem, because 9Ω is piecewise C smooth and u £ H(K] with s > 3/2. Let Uk, k = 1,2, be the solution to the problem (1.1) with q — q^ £ Q(qo) and /&, #fc be the data in (1.2) for u — u^. Introduce the notations: ui-U2=v, q\-q2 = q, f i h = 7> 9ι~92=9 and use the relations: ^ — Δ + ^ ) ^ = 0 , (z ,*)€GT , k = 1,2. (2.4)