Linearization Ill-Posedness for 2.5-D Wave Equation Inversion Model

Abstract

For the weakly inhomogeneous acoustic medium in Ω={(x, y, z:z>0}, we consider the inverse problem of determining the density function p(x, y). The inversion input for our inverse problem is the wave field given on a line. We get an integral equation for the 2-D density perturbation from the linearization. By virtue of the integral transform, we prove the uniqueness and the instability of the solution to the integral equation. The degree of ill-posedness for this problem is also given.