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Yikan Liu

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arXiv2023

Initial-boundary value problems for coupled systems of time-fractional diffusion equations

This article deals with the initial-boundary value problem for a moderately coupled system of time-fractional diffusion equations. Defining the mild solution, we establish fundamental unique existence, limited smoothing property and long-time asymptotic behavior of the solution, which mostly inherit those of a single equation. Owing to the coupling effect, we also obtain the uniqueness for an inverse problem on determining all the fractional orders by the single point observation of a single component of the solution.

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arXiv2022

Uniqueness of orders and parameters in multi-term time-fractional diffusion equations by short-time behavior

As the most significant difference from parabolic equations, long-time or short-time behavior of solutions to time-fractional evolution equations is dominated by the fractional orders, whose unique determination has been frequently investigated in literature. Unlike all the existing results, in this article we prove the uniqueness of orders and parameters (up to a multiplier for the latter) only by principal terms of asymptotic expansions of solutions near $t=0$ at a single spatial point. Moreover, we discover special conditions on unknown initial values or source terms for the coincidence of observation data. As a byproduct, we can even conclude the uniqueness for initial values or source terms by the same data. The proof relies on the asymptotic expansion after taking the Laplace transform and the completeness of generalized eigenfunctions.

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arXiv2022

Long-time asymptotic estimate and a related inverse source problem for time-fractional wave equations

Lying between traditional parabolic and hyperbolic equations, time-fractional wave equations of order $α\in(1,2)$ in time inherit both decaying and oscillating properties. In this article, we establish a long-time asymptotic estimate for homogeneous time-fractional wave equations, which readily implies the strict positivity/negativity of the solution for $t\gg1$ under some sign conditions on initial values. As a direct application, we prove the uniqueness for a related inverse source problem on determining the temporal component.

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arXiv2022

Uniqueness of inverse source problems for time-fractional diffusion equations with singular functions in time

We consider a fractional diffusion equations of order $α\in(0,1)$ whose source term is singular in time: $(\partial_t^α+A)u(x,t)=μ(t)f(x)$, $(x,t)\inΩ\times(0,T)$, where $μ$ belongs to a Sobolev space of negative order. In inverse source problems of determining $f|_Ω$ by the data $u|_{ω\times(0,T)}$ with a given subdomain $ω\subsetΩ$ or $μ|_{(0,T)}$ by the data $u|_{\{x_0\}\times(0,T)}$ with a given point $x_0\inΩ$, we prove the uniqueness by reducing to the case $μ\in L^2(0,T)$. The key is a transformation of a solution to an initial-boundary value problem with a regular function in time.

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arXiv2021

Inverse moving source problem for time-fractional evolution equations: Determination of profiles

This article is concerned with two inverse problems on determining moving source profile functions in evolution equations with a derivative order $α\in(0,2]$ in time. In the first problem, the sources are supposed to move along known straight lines, and we suitably choose partial interior observation data in finite time. Reducing the problems to the determination of initial values, we prove the unique determination of one and two moving source profiles for $0<α\le1$ and $1<α\le2$, respectively. In the second problem, the orbits of moving sources are assumed to be known, and we consider the full lateral Cauchy data. At the cost of infinite observation time, we prove the unique determination of one moving source profile by constructing test functions.

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arXiv2021

Uniqueness of Inverse Source Problems for General Evolution Equations

In this article, we investigate inverse source problems for a wide range of PDEs of parabolic and hyperbolic types as well as time-fractional evolution equations by partial interior observation. Restricting the source terms to the form of separated variables, we establish uniqueness results for simultaneously determining both temporal and spatial components without non-vanishing assumptions at $t=0$, which seems novel to the best of our knowledge. Remarkably, mostly we allow a rather flexible choice of the observation time not necessarily starting from $t=0$, which fits into various situations in practice. Our main approach is based on the combination of the Titchmarsh convolution theorem with unique continuation properties and time-analyticity of the PDEs under consideration.

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arXiv2020

Numerical reconstruction of the spatial component in the source term of a time-fractional diffusion equation

In this article, we are concerned with the analysis on the numerical reconstruction of the spatial component in the source term of a time-fractional diffusion equation. This ill-posed problem is solved through a stabilized nonlinear minimization system by an appropriately selected Tikhonov regularization. The existence and the stability of the optimization system are demonstrated. The nonlinear optimization problem is approximated by a fully discrete scheme, whose convergence is established under a novel result verified in this study that the $H^1$-norm of the solution to the discrete forward system is uniformly bounded. The iterative thresholding algorithm is proposed to solve the discrete minimization, and several numerical experiments are presented to show the efficiency and the accuracy of the algorithm.

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arXiv2020

Numerical schemes for reconstructing profiles of moving sources in (time-fractional) evolution equations

This article is concerned with the derivation of numerical reconstruction schemes for the inverse moving source problem on determining source profiles in (time-fractional) evolution equations. As a continuation of the theoretical result on the uniqueness, we adopt a minimization procedure with regularization to construct iterative thresholding schemes for the reduced backward problems on recovering one or two unknown initial value(s). Moreover, an elliptic approach is proposed to solve a convection equation in the case of two profiles.

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arXiv2020

Inverse moving source problem for fractional diffusion(-wave) equations: Determination of orbits

This paper is concerned with the inverse problem on determining an orbit of the moving source in a fractional diffusion(-wave) equations in a connected bounded domain of $\mathbb R^d$ or in the whole space $\mathbb R^d$. Based on a newly established fractional Duhamel's principle, we derive a Lipschitz stability estimate in the case of a localized moving source by the observation data at $d$ interior points. The uniqueness for the general non-localized moving source is verified with additional data of more interior observations.

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arXiv2020

Unique continuation property with partial information for two-dimensional anisotropic elasticity systems

In this paper, we establish a novel unique continuation property for two-dimensional anisotropic elasticity systems with partial information. More precisely, given a homogeneous elasticity system in a domain, we investigate the unique continuation by assuming only the vanishing of one component of the solution in a subdomain. Using the corresponding Riemann function, we prove that the solution vanishes in the whole domain provided that the other component vanishes at one point up to its second derivatives. Further, we construct several examples showing the possibility of further reducing the additional information of the other component. This result possesses remarkable significance in both theoretical and practical aspects because the required data is almost halved for the unique determination of the whole solution.

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arXiv2019

Unique determination of several coefficients in a fractional diffusion(-wave) equation by a single measurement

We consider the inverse problem of determining different type of information about a diffusion process, described by ordinary or fractional diffusion equations stated on a bounded domain, like the density of the medium or the velocity field associated with the moving quantities from a single boundary measurement. This properties will be associated with some general class of time independent coefficients that we recover from a single Neumann boundary measurement, on some parts of the boundary, of the solution of our diffusion equation with a suitable boundary input, located on some parts of the boundary.

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arXiv2019

Inverse Problems of Determining Sources of the Fractional Partial Differential Equations

In this chapter, we mainly review theoretical results on inverse source problems for diffusion equations with the Caputo time-fractional derivatives of order $α\in(0,1)$. Our survey covers the following types of inverse problems: 1. determination of time-dependent functions in interior source terms 2. determination of space-dependent functions in interior source terms 3. determination of time-dependent functions appearing in boundary conditions

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arXiv2019

Inverse Problems of Determining Parameters of the Fractional Partial Differential Equations

When considering fractional diffusion equation as model equation in analyzing anomalous diffusion processes, some important parameters in the model related to orders of the fractional derivatives, are often unknown and difficult to be directly measured, which requires one to discuss inverse problems of identifying these physical quantities from some indirectly observed information of solutions. Inverse problems in determining these unknown parameters of the model are not only theoretically interesting, but also necessary for finding solutions to initial-boundary value problems and studying properties of solutions. This chapter surveys works on such inverse problems for fractional diffusion equations.

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arXiv2017

Theoretical stability in coefficient inverse problems for general hyperbolic equations with numerical reconstruction

In this article, we investigate the determination of the spatial component in the time-dependent second order coefficient of a hyperbolic equation from both theoretical and numerical aspects. By the Carleman estimates for general hyperbolic operators and an auxiliary Carleman estimate, we establish local Hölder stability with both partial boundary and interior measurements under certain geometrical conditions. For numerical reconstruction, we minimize a Tikhonov functional which penalizes the gradient of the unknown function. Based on the resulting variational equation, we design an iteration method which is updated by solving a Poisson equation at each step. One-dimensional prototype examples illustrate the numerical performance of the proposed iteration.

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arXiv2017

Reconstruction of the Temporal Component in the Source Term of a (Time-Fractional) Diffusion Equation

In this article, we consider the reconstruction of $ρ(t)$ in the (time-fractional) diffusion equation $(\partial_t^α-\triangle)u(x,t)=ρ(t)g(x)$ ($0<α\le 1$) by the observation at a single point $x_0$. We are mainly concerned with the situation of $x_0 \notin$ supp g, which is practically important but has not been well investigated in literature. Assuming the finite sign changes of $ρ$ and an extra observation interval, we establish the multiple logarithmic stability for the problem based on a reverse convolution inequality and a lower estimate for positive solutions. Meanwhile, we develop a fixed point iteration for the numerical reconstruction and prove its convergence. The performance of the proposed method is illustrated by several numerical examples.

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arXiv2016

Weak unique continuation property and a related inverse source problem for time-fractional diffusion-advection equations

In this paper, we first establish a weak unique continuation property for time-fractional diffusion-advection equations. The proof is mainly based on the Laplace transform and the unique continuation properties for elliptic and parabolic equations. The result is weaker than its parabolic counterpart in the sense that we additionally impose the homogeneous boundary condition. As a direct application, we prove the uniqueness for an inverse problem on determining the spatial component in the source term in by interior measurements. Numerically, we reformulate our inverse source problem as an optimization problem, and propose an iteration thresholding algorithm. Finally, several numerical experiments are presented to show the accuracy and efficiency of the algorithm.

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arXiv2015

Strong Maximum Principle for Multi-Term Time-Fractional Diffusion Equations and its Application to an Inverse Source Problem

In this paper, we establish a strong maximum principle for fractional diffusion equations with multiple Caputo derivatives in time, and investigate a related inverse problem of practical importance. Exploiting the solution properties and the involved multinomial Mittag-Leffler functions, we improve the weak maximum principle for the multi-term time-fractional diffusion equation to a stronger one, which is parallel to that for its single-term counterpart as expected. As a direct application, we prove the uniqueness for determining the temporal component of the source term with the help of the fractional Duhamel's principle for the multi-term case.

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