THE DETERMINATION OF COEFFICIENTS IN PARABOLIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS BY MEASUREMENTS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE MEDIUM
Abstract
Unknown c efficients in a parabolic differential equation are determined by giving additional information about the solution of the differential equation. Consider the heat equation, du/dt equals a(t)(d(du/dx)), in either a bounded medium with zero boundary values or in an infinite rod. Here both a(t) and u(x,t) are unknown. If certain initial values for u(x,t) are prescribed and if u(x,t) is measured for all t and for some fixed initial x, then there is exactly one pair a(t) and u(x,t) satisfying the differential equation together with the boundary and initial conditions, and such that u(x,t) takes require values at fixed initial x.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0264427
Entities
People
- B. Frank Jr. Jones
Organizations
- Rice University