Uniqueness for an elliptic inverse problem

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1356-1370

  Knowles, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELLIPTIC INVERSE PROBLEMS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 0032663049     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139997327782     Document Type: Article

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