Arefinement of the Bukhgeim-Klibanov method

Abstract

In this article, we improve the classical Bukhgeim-Klibanov method presented in [1],which can be used to prove the conditional stability of inverse source problem for a hyperbolic equation from the measurement on the subboundary. A major ingredient of our proof is a novel Carleman estimate. This inequality eliminates the need to extend the solution in time, therefore simplifies the existing proofs, which is widely applicable to various evolution equations.