# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

August  2015, 9(3): 709-723. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2015.9.709

## Stability and uniqueness for a two-dimensional inverse boundary value problem for less regular potentials

 1 Department of Mathematics, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia 2 Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University,101 Weber Building, Fort Colins, CO 80523-1784, United States 3 Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba Meguro Tokyo 153-8914

Received  October 2014 Revised  February 2015 Published  July 2015

We consider inverse boundary value problems for the Schrödinger equations in two dimensions. Within less regular classes of potentials, we establish a conditional stability estimate of logarithmic order. Moreover we prove the uniqueness within $L^p$-class of potentials with $p>2$.
Citation: Eemeli Blåsten, Oleg Yu. Imanuvilov, Masahiro Yamamoto. Stability and uniqueness for a two-dimensional inverse boundary value problem for less regular potentials. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2015, 9 (3) : 709-723. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2015.9.709
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