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Harmonic solution for the inverse problem of the Newtonian potential theory
J. Bosgiraud Université Paris VIII
Abstract:
We study from a theoretical point of view the Backus and Gilbert method in the case of Newtonian potential. If a mass distribution
$m$ on a open set
$\Omega$ creates a Newtonian potential
$U^m$, which is known on an infinity of points
$(y_n)_{n\in\mathbb N}$ out of
$\overline{\Omega}$, we characterize the solution
$m_0$, obtained as a generalization of the Backus and Gilbert method, as the projection of
$m$ (for the scalar product of
$L_2(\Omega)$) on a subspace of harmonic functions; this subspace may be the subspace of all harmonic, square-integrable functions (for example, if
$\Omega$ is a starlike domain). Then we study the reproducing kernel
$B$ associated to this projection, which satisfies
$$
m_0(x)=\int\limits_{\Omega}B(x,y)m(y)\,dy
$$
for any
$m\in L_2(\Omega)$.
UDC:
517.95 Received: 01.03.1995