An inverse resistivity problem: 2. Unilateral convexity of the objective functional
Mathematical model of vertical electrical sounding over a medium with continuously changing conductivity (z) is studied by using a resistivity method. In the first part [Mukanova, An inverse resistivity problem: 1. Frechet differentiability of cost functional and Lipschitz continuity of the gradient, Appl. Anal. 88 (2009), pp. 749-765] of the study, the Frechet differentiability of the transformed cost functional with respect to the function p(z) = (ln (z))' and the Lipschitz continuity of its gradient were proved. In this part of the study the unilateral convexity of the cost functional is derived. The obtained results permit one to construct two-steps numerical algorithm for the inverse resistivity problem. At the first step the logarithmic derivative of the coefficient p(z) = (ln (z))' is recovered by using the obtained expilicit form of the gradient. Then the unknown conductivity coefficient (z) is defined by an analytical formula. Computational experiments are performed for some physically possible cases.
Keywords: coefficient inverse problem; two-steps algorithm; unilateral convexity; vertical electrical sounding
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: The Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Almaty-505012, Almaty 505012, Kazakhstan
Publication date: 01 May 2009
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