Electron. J. Diff. Eqns., Vol. 2006(2006), No. 04, pp. 1-10.

Regularization and error estimates for nonhomogeneous backward heat problems

Duc Trong Dang, Huy Tuan Nguyen

Abstract:
In this article, we study the inverse time problem for the non-homogeneous heat equation which is a severely ill-posed problem. We regularize this problem using the quasi-reversibility method and then obtain error estimates on the approximate solutions. Solutions are calculated by the contraction principle and shown in numerical experiments. We obtain also rates of convergence to the exact solution.

Submitted November 11, 2005. Published January 11, 2006.
Math Subject Classifications: 35K05, 35K99, 47J06, 47H10.
Key Words: Backward heat problem; ill-posed problem; contraction principle; quasi-reversibility methods.

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  Duc Trong Dang
Department of Mathematics
Hochiminh City National University
227 Nguyen Van Cu, Q5, HoChiMinh City, Vietnam
email: ddtrong@mathdep.hcmuns.edu.vn
Huy Tuan Nguyen
Department of Mathematics
Hochiminh City National University
227 Nguyen Van Cu, Q5, HoChiMinh City, Vietnam
email: tuanhuy_bs@yahoo.com

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