On inverse problems for a strongly damped wave equation on compact manifolds

Abstract: We consider a strongly damped wave equation on compact manifolds, both with and without boundaries, and formulate the corresponding inverse problems. For closed manifolds, we prove that the metric can be uniquely determined, up to an isometry, from the knowledge of the source-to-solution map. Similarly, for manifolds with boundaries, we prove that the metric can be uniquely determined, up to an isometry, from partial knowledge of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map. The key point is to retrieve the spectral information of the Laplace-Beltrami operator, from the Laplace transform of the measurements. Further we show that the metric can be determined up to an isometry, using a single measurement in both scenarios.