Global uniqueness in an inverse problem for time fractional diffusion equations


Abstract in English

Given $(M,g)$, a compact connected Riemannian manifold of dimension $d geq 2$, with boundary $partial M$, we consider an initial boundary value problem for a fractional diffusion equation on $(0,T) times M$, $T>0$, with time-fractional Caputo derivative of order $alpha in (0,1) cup (1,2)$. We prove uniqueness in the inverse problem of determining the smooth manifold $(M,g)$ (up to an isometry), and various time-independent smooth coefficients appearing in this equation, from measurements of the solution on a subset of $partial M$ at fixed time. In the flat case where $M$ is a compact subset of $mathbb R^d$, two out the three coefficients $rho$ (weight), $a$ (conductivity) and $q$ (potential) appearing in the equation $rho partial_t^alpha u-textrm{div}(a abla u)+ q u=0$ on $(0,T)times Omega$ are recovered simultaneously.

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