Hölder stability estimate in an inverse source problem for a first and half order time fractional diffusion equation

Abstract

We consider the first and half order time fractional equation with the zero initial condition. We investigate an inverse source problem of determining the time-independent source factor by the data at an arbitrarily fixed time and we establish the conditional stability estimate of Hölder type in our inverse problem. Our method is based on the Bukhgeim-Klibanov method by means of the Carleman estimate. We also derive the Carleman estimate for the first and half order time fractional diffusion equation.

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