Inverse parabolic problems of determining functions with one spatial-component independence by Carleman estimate

Abstract

For an initial-boundary value problem for a parabolic equation in the spatial variable $x=(x_1,..,x_n)$ and time $t$, we consider an inverse problem of determining a coefficient which is independent of one spatial component $x_n$ by extra lateral boundary data. We apply a Carleman estimate to prove a conditional stability estimate for the inverse problem. Also we prove similar results for the corresponding inverse source problem.