An inverse problem for a fractional diffusion equation with fractional power type nonlinearities

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June 2022, 16(3): 613-624. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2021064

An inverse problem for a fractional diffusion equation with fractional power type nonlinearities

Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

^*Corresponding author: Li Li

Received April 2021 Revised August 2021 Published June 2022 Early access October 2021

We study the well-posedness of a semi-linear fractional diffusion equation and formulate an associated inverse problem. We determine fractional power type nonlinearities from the exterior partial measurements of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map. Our arguments are based on a first order linearization as well as the parabolic Runge approximation property.

Keywords: Inverse problem, nonlinear fractional parabolic operator, Runge approximation property.

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35R11, 35R30.

Citation: Li Li. An inverse problem for a fractional diffusion equation with fractional power type nonlinearities. Inverse Problems and Imaging, 2022, 16 (3) : 613-624. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2021064

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[3]	M. Cekić, Y.-H. Lin and A. Rüland, The Calderón problem for the fractional Schrödinger equation with drift, Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations, 59 (2020), 46pp. doi: 10.1007/s00526-020-01740-6.
[4]	G. Covi, An inverse problem for the fractional Schrödinger equation in a magnetic field, Inverse Problems, 36 (2020), 24pp. doi: 10.1088/1361-6420/ab661a.
[5]	G. Covi, K. Mönkkönen and J. Railo, Unique continuation property and Poincaré inequality for higher order fractional laplacians with applications in inverse problems, Inverse Probl. Imaging, 15 (2021), 641-681. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2021009.
[6]	G. Covi, K. Mönkkönen, J. Railo and G. Uhlmann, The higher order fractional Calderón problem for linear local operators: Uniqueness, preprint, arXiv2008.10227.
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[15]	K. Krupchyk and G. Uhlmann, A remark on partial data inverse problems for semilinear elliptic equations, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 148 (2020), 681-685. doi: 10.1090/proc/14844.
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[21]	L. Li, Determining the magnetic potential in the fractional magnetic Calderón problem, Comm. Partial Differential Equations, 46 (2021), 1017-1026. doi: 10.1080/03605302.2020.1857406.
[22]	L. Li, A fractional parabolic inverse problem involving a time-dependent magnetic potential, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 53 (2021), 435-452. doi: 10.1137/20M1359638.
[23]	L. Li, On an inverse problem for a fractional semilinear elliptic equation involving a magnetic potential, J. Differential Equations, 296 (2021), 170-185. doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2021.06.003.
[24]	T. Liimatainen, Y.-H. Lin, M. Salo and T. Tyni, Inverse problems for elliptic equations with fractional power type nonlinearities, preprint, arXiv2012.04944.
[25]	C. Miao, B. Yuan and B. Zhang, Well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for the fractional power dissipative equations, Nonlinear Anal., 68 (2008), 461-484. doi: 10.1016/j.na.2006.11.011.
[26]	A. Rüland and M. Salo, The fractional Calderón problem: Low regularity and stability, Nonlinear Anal., 193 (2020), 56pp. doi: 10.1016/j.na.2019.05.010.
[27]	A. Rüland and M. Salo, Quantitative approximation properties for the fractional heat equation, Math. Control Relat. Fields, 10 (2020), 1-26. doi: 10.3934/mcrf.2019027.
[28]	L. Silvestre, Hölder estimates for advection fractional-diffusion equations, Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci., 11 (2012), 843-855.
[29]	Z. Sun and G. Uhlmann, Inverse problems in quasilinear anisotropic media, Amer. J. Math., 119 (1997), 771-797. doi: 10.1353/ajm.1997.0027.
[30]	M. Taylor, Partial Differential Equations III: Nonlinear Equations, 2$^{nd}$ edition, Applied Mathematical Sciences, 117. Springer, New York, 2011. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7049-7.
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