Identifying the Unknown Source in Linear Parabolic Equation by a Convoluting Equation Method

This article is devoted to identifying a space-dependent source term in linear parabolic equations. Such a problem is ill posed, i.e., a small perturbation in the input data may cause a dramatically large error in the solution (if it exists). The conditional stability of the solution is analyzed. Ba...

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Main Authors: Zhenping Li, Xiangtuan Xiong, Qiang Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Mathematics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/13/2191
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Summary:This article is devoted to identifying a space-dependent source term in linear parabolic equations. Such a problem is ill posed, i.e., a small perturbation in the input data may cause a dramatically large error in the solution (if it exists). The conditional stability of the solution is analyzed. Based on a convoluting equation method, we can deal with the problem under the a priori parameter choice rule. Meanwhile, a modified version of Morozov’s discrepancy principle is provided to decide on an a posteriori regularization parameter choice strategy and a log-type error estimate is obtained. Two numerical results show that our proposed method works well.
ISSN:2227-7390