Uniqueness and regularization for unknown spacewise lower-order coefficient and source for the heat type equation

In this contribution we show sufficient conditions for simultaneous unique identification of unknown spacewise coefficients and heat source in a parabolic partial differential equation given additional final time measurements. Our approach is based on density, in suitable spaces, of the correspondin...

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Authors: Cezaro, Adriano de, Cezaro, Fabiana Travessini de
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da FURG (RI FURG)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.furg.br:1/3201
Online Access:http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/3201
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Uniqueness
Thermophysical parameters and source identification
Iterative regularization
Parabolic type equation
Final time measurements
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Summary:In this contribution we show sufficient conditions for simultaneous unique identification of unknown spacewise coefficients and heat source in a parabolic partial differential equation given additional final time measurements. Our approach is based on density, in suitable spaces, of the corresponding adjoint problem. A second issue of this paper is the regularization approach. The sequence of approximated solution is obtained by coupling the nonlinear Landweber iteration with iterated Tikhonov regularization. We show that the parameter-to-solution map satisfies sufficient conditions to prove stability and convergence of approximated solutions for the identification problem. We use a unified discrepancy principle as the stopping criteria. Finally, we apply the developed theory in the inverse identification problem of unknown parameters (perfusion coefficient, metabolic heat source) for the identification of tumor regions by thermography.