Simultaneous inversion of the source term and initial value of the time fractional diffusion equation

    Fan Yang Info
    Jian-ming Xu Info
    Xiao-xiao Li Info
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/mma.2024.18133

Abstract

In this paper, the problem we investigate is to simultaneously identify the source term and initial value of the time fractional diffusion equation. This problem is ill-posed, i.e., the solution (if exists) does not depend on the measurable data. We give the conditional stability result under the a-priori bound assumption for the exact solution. The modified Tikhonov regularization method is used to solve this problem, and under the a-priori and the a-posteriori selection rule for the regularization parameter, the convergence error estimations for this method are obtained. Finally, numerical example is given to prove the effectiveness of this regularization method.

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time fractional diffusion equation, source term and initial value, inverse problem, ill-posed, modified Tikhonov method

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Yang, F., Xu, J.- ming, & Li, X.- xiao. (2024). Simultaneous inversion of the source term and initial value of the time fractional diffusion equation. Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, 29(2), 193–214. https://doi.org/10.3846/mma.2024.18133

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Yang, F., Xu, J.- ming, & Li, X.- xiao. (2024). Simultaneous inversion of the source term and initial value of the time fractional diffusion equation. Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, 29(2), 193–214. https://doi.org/10.3846/mma.2024.18133

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