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The elastic Calderon problem in three dimensions: do boundary measurements determine smooth isotropic Lame moduli?

Theorem 1.1: on any bounded connected domain Ω⊂R3\Omega\subset\mathbb R^3 with C∞C^\infty boundary, if λj,μj∈C∞(Ω‾)\lambda_j,\mu_j\in C^\infty(\overline\Omega) satisfy μj>0\mu_j>0, 3λj+2μj>03\lambda_j+2\mu_j>0 and Λλ1,μ1=Λλ2,μ2\Lambda_{\lambda_1,\mu_1}=\Lambda_{\lambda_2,\mu_2}, then λ1=λ2\lambda_1=\lambda_2 and μ1=μ2\mu_1=\mu_2. No analyticity, smallness or prior boundary agreement is assumed. It is a uniqueness theorem for smooth coefficients and full static data only: no reconstruction algorithm, no stability estimate, no partial-data or low-regularity version, and nothing about anisotropic elasticity.

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The elastic Calderon problem in three dimensions: do boundary measurements determine smooth isotropic Lame moduli?

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Theorem 1.1: on any bounded connected domain Ω⊂R3\Omega\subset\mathbb R^3 with C∞C^\infty boundary, if λj,μj∈C∞(Ω‾)\lambda_j,\mu_j\in C^\infty(\overline\Omega) satisfy μj>0\mu_j>0, 3λj+2μj>03\lambda_j+2\mu_j>0 and Λλ1,μ1=Λλ2,μ2\Lambda_{\lambda_1,\mu_1}=\Lambda_{\lambda_2,\mu_2}, then λ1=λ2\lambda_1=\lambda_2 and μ1=μ2\mu_1=\mu_2. No analyticity, smallness or prior boundary agreement is assumed. It is a uniqueness theorem for smooth coefficients and full…

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Theorem 1.1: on any bounded connected domain Ω⊂R3\Omega\subset\mathbb R^3 with C∞C^\infty boundary, if λj,μj∈C∞(Ω‾)\lambda_j,\mu_j\in C^\infty(\overline\Omega) satisfy μj>0\mu_j>0, 3λj+2μj>03\lambda_j+2\mu_j>0 and Λλ1,μ1=Λλ2,μ2\Lambda_{\lambda_1,\mu_1}=\Lambda_{\lambda_2,\mu_2}, then λ1=λ2\lambda_1=\lambda_2 and μ1=μ2\mu_1=\mu_2. No analyticity, smallness or prior boundary agreement is assumed. It is a uniqueness theorem for smooth coefficients and full static data only: no reconstruction algorithm, no stability estimate, no partial-data or low-regularity version, and nothing about anisotropic elasticity.

Theorem 1.1: on any bounded connected domain Ω⊂R3\Omega\subset\mathbb R^3 with C∞C^\infty boundary, if λj,μj∈C∞(Ω‾)\lambda_j,\mu_j\in C^\infty(\overline\Omega) satisfy μj>0\mu_j>0, 3λj+2μj>03\lambda_j+2\mu_j>0 and Λλ1,μ1=Λλ2,μ2\Lambda_{\lambda_1,\mu_1}=\Lambda_{\lambda_2,\mu_2}, then λ1=λ2\lambda_1=\lambda_2 and μ1=μ2\mu_1=\mu_2. No analyticity, smallness or prior boundary agreement is assumed. It is a uniqueness theorem for smooth coefficients and full static data only: no reconstruction algorithm, no stability estimate, no partial-data or low-regularity version, and nothing about anisotropic elasticity.

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