Inverse Problems For Partial Differential Equations

In 8 years after publication of the ?rst version of this book, the rapidly progre- ing ?eld of inverse problems witnessed changes and new developments. Parts of the book were used at several universities, and many colleagues and students as well as myself observed several misprints and imprecisions. Some of the research problems from the ?rst edition have been solved. This edition serves the purposes of re?ecting these changes and making appropiate corrections. I hope that these additions and corrections resulted in not too many new errors and misprints. Chapters 1 and 2 contain only 2–3 pages of new material like in sections 1.5, 2.5. Chapter 3 is considerably expanded. In particular we give more convenient de?nition of pseudo-convexity for second order equations and included bou- ary terms in Carleman estimates (Theorem 3.2.1 ) and Counterexample 3.2.6. We give a new, shorter proof of Theorem 3.3.1 and new Theorems 3.3.7, 3.3.12, and Counterexample 3.3.9. We revised section 3.4, where a new short proof of exact observability inequality in given: proof of Theorem 3.4.1 and Theorems 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.8, 3.4.9 are new. Section 3.5 is new and it exposes recent progress on Carleman estimates, uniqueness and stability of the continuation for systems. In Chapter 4 we added to sections 4.5, 4.6 some new material on size evaluation of inclusionsandonsmallinclusions.Chapter5containsnewresultsonidenti?cation

The topic of the inverse problems is of substantial and rapidly growing interest for many scientists and engineers. The second edition covers most important recent developments in the field of inverse problems, describing theoretical and computational methods, and emphasizing new ideas and techniques. It also reflects new changes since the first edition, including some corrections. This edition is considerably expanded, with some concepts such as pseudo-convexity, and proofs simplified. New material is added to reflect recent progress in theory of inverse problems.

This book is intended for mathematicians working with partial differential equations and their applications, and physicists, geophysicists and engineers involved with experiments in nondestructive evaluation, seismic exploration, remote sensing and tomography.