New global stability estimates for the Calder\'on problem in two dimensions

Abstract

We prove a new global stability estimate for the Gel'fand-Calder\'on inverse problem on a two-dimensional bounded domain or, more precisely, the inverse boundary value problem for the equation $-\Delta \psi + v\, \psi = 0$ on $D$, where $v$ is a smooth real-valued potential of conductivity type defined on a bounded planar domain $D$. The principal feature of this estimate is that it shows that the more a potential is smooth, the more its reconstruction is stable, and the stability varies exponentially with respect to the smoothness (in a sense to be made precise). As a corollary we obtain a similar estimate for the Calder\'on problem for the electrical impedance tomography.