Inverse Problem for Fractional Diffusion Equation

MSC 2010: 26A33, 33E12, 34K29, 34L15, 35K57, 35R30

We prove that by taking suitable initial distributions only finitely many measurements on the boundary are required to recover uniquely the diffusion coefficient of a one dimensional fractional diffusion equation. If a lower bound on the diffusion coefficient is known a priori then even only two measurements are sufficient. The technique is based on possibility of extracting the full boundary spectral data from special lateral measurements.