On the Gel'fand-Calder\'on inverse problem in two dimensions

Abstract

We prove uniqueness and stability for the inverse boundary value problem of the two dimensional Schr\"odinger equation. We do not assume the potentials to be continuous or even bounded. Instead, we assume that some of their positive fractional derivatives are in a specific Lorentz space. These spaces are a natural generalization to the usual fractional Sobolev spaces. The thesis consists of two parts. In the first part, we define the generalized fractional Sobolev spaces and prove some of their properties including embeddings and interpolation identities. In particular we sharpen the usual Sobolev embedding into the space of H\"older-continuous functions, by showing that a particular kind of space embeds into the space of continuous functions without any modulus of continuity. The inverse problem is considered in the second part of the thesis. We prove a new Carleman estimate for $\partial$. This estimate has a fast decay rate, which will allow us to consider potentials with very low regularity. After that we use Bukhgeim's oscillating exponential solutions, Alessandrini's identity and stationary phase to get information about the difference of the potentials from the difference of the Cauchy data. The stability estimate will be of logarithmic type, but works with potentials of low regularity.