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Stability of inverse problems for ultrahyperbolic equations

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In this paper, the authors consider inverse problems of determining a coefficient or a source term in an ultrahyperbolic equation by some lateral boundary data. The authors prove Hölder estimates which are global and local and the key tool is Carleman estimate.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, 67100, Turkey

    Fikret Gölgeleyen

  2. Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-8914, Japan

    Masahiro Yamamoto

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Dedicated to the memory of Professor Arif Amirov

This work was supported by the Council of Higher Education of Turkey (No. 16.01.2012:558-2233).

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Gölgeleyen, F., Yamamoto, M. Stability of inverse problems for ultrahyperbolic equations. Chin. Ann. Math. Ser. B 35, 527–556 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11401-014-0848-6

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