Inverse problem for the heat equation and the Schrödinger equation on a tree

Abstract

In this paper, we establish global Carleman estimates for the heat and Schrödinger equations on a network. The heat equation is considered on a general tree and the Schrödinger equation on a star-shaped tree. The Carleman inequalities are used to prove the Lipschitz stability for an inverse problem consisting in retrieving a stationary potential in the heat (resp. Schrödinger) equation from boundary measurements. © 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd.