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Algebra i Analiz, 2022 Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 53–74 (Mi aa1831)

Research Papers

On the electric impedance tomography problem for nonorientable surfaces with internal holes

D. V. Korikov

St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: Let $(M,g)$ be a compact smooth (generally speaking, not necessarily orientable) surface, and let $\Gamma_{0},\dots,\Gamma_{m-1}$ be the components of the boundary of $M$. Let $u=u^{f}(x)$ be the solution of te following problem: $\Delta_{g}u=0$ in $M$, $u|_{\Gamma_{0}}=f$, $u|_{\Gamma_{j}}=0$, $j=1,\dots,m'$, $\partial_{\nu}u|_{\Gamma_{j}}=0$, $j=m'+1,\dots,m-1$, where $\nu$ is the outward normal. With this problem, we associate the DN-operator $\Lambda\colon f\mapsto \partial_{\nu}u^{f}|_{\Gamma_{0}}$. The task is to recover $M$ if $\Lambda$ is given.
For solution, a version of the boundary comtrol method is applied. The principal role is played by the algebra $\mathfrak{A}$ of functions holomorphic on the orientable cover of $M$. We show that $\mathfrak{A}$ is determined by $\Lambda$ up to isometric isomorphism. The spectrum of $\mathfrak{A}$ makes it possible to construct a copy $M'$ of $M$. This copy is conformally equivalent to $M$, and its DN-operator coincides with $\Lambda$.

Keywords: electric impedance tomography of surfaces, algebraic version of the boundary control method.

Received: 13.10.2021


 English version:
St. Petersburg Mathematical Journal, 2023, 34:5, 759–774


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