Inverse initial data for nonlinear Schrödinger equation via Carleman estimates and the contraction principle

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Autores principales: Neupane, Navaraj, Nguyen, Loc
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author Neupane, Navaraj
Nguyen, Loc
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Nguyen, Loc
contents We study an inverse initial-data problem for a nonlinear Schrödinger equation in which the initial wave field is reconstructed from lateral measurements. Our approach combines a Legendre-polynomial-exponential-time dimensional reduction with a Carleman-based contraction principle. First, we expand the solution in a weighted Legendre basis in time and truncate the expansion to obtain a coupled nonlinear elliptic system for the spatial coefficients. Next, we solve this reduced system by constructing a contraction map on a suitable admissible set. This contraction map admits a unique fixed point, which is the limit of the corresponding Picard iteration. We also establish a stability estimate showing that this fixed point remains close to the exact reduced solution in the noisy-data case. Finally, we present numerical experiments in two space dimensions for several different geometries and nonlinear exponents. The numerical results show that the proposed method accurately reconstructs the main features of the initial wave field and remains stable even when the boundary data contain noise.
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spellingShingle Inverse initial data for nonlinear Schrödinger equation via Carleman estimates and the contraction principle
Neupane, Navaraj
Nguyen, Loc
Numerical Analysis
We study an inverse initial-data problem for a nonlinear Schrödinger equation in which the initial wave field is reconstructed from lateral measurements. Our approach combines a Legendre-polynomial-exponential-time dimensional reduction with a Carleman-based contraction principle. First, we expand the solution in a weighted Legendre basis in time and truncate the expansion to obtain a coupled nonlinear elliptic system for the spatial coefficients. Next, we solve this reduced system by constructing a contraction map on a suitable admissible set. This contraction map admits a unique fixed point, which is the limit of the corresponding Picard iteration. We also establish a stability estimate showing that this fixed point remains close to the exact reduced solution in the noisy-data case. Finally, we present numerical experiments in two space dimensions for several different geometries and nonlinear exponents. The numerical results show that the proposed method accurately reconstructs the main features of the initial wave field and remains stable even when the boundary data contain noise.
title Inverse initial data for nonlinear Schrödinger equation via Carleman estimates and the contraction principle
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11409