Local uniqueness for an inverse boundary value problem with partial data

Abstract

In dimension $n\geq 3$, we prove a local uniqueness result for the potentials $q$ of the Schr\"odinger equation $-\Delta u+qu=0$ from partial boundary data. More precisely, we show that potentials $q_1,q_2\in L^\infty$ with positive essential infima can be distinguished by local boundary data if there is a neighborhood of a boundary part where $q_1\geq q_2$ and $q_1\not\equiv q_2$.