Moments approaches for asymptotic inverse problems of depolymerisation and fragmentation systems

Abstract

Shrinkage of large particles, either through depolymerisation (i.e. progressive shortening) or through fragmentation (breakage into smaller pieces) may be modelled by discrete equations, of Becker-D\''oring type, or by continuous ones. In this note, we review two kinds of inverse problems: the first is the estimation of the initial size-distribution from moments measurements in a depolymerising system, in collaboration with Philippe Moireau and inspired by experiments carried out by Human Rezaei's team; the second is the inference of fragmentation characteristics from size distribution samples, in collaboration with Miguel Escobedo and Magali Tournus, based on biological questions and experiments of Wei-Feng Xue's team.