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Determination of the shape of the ear channel ∗† A.G. Ramm 5 Mathematics Department, Kansas State University, 0 Manhattan, KS 66506-2602, USA 0 2 ramm@math.ksu.edu b e F 7 2 Abstract 1 It is proved that the measurement of the acoustic pressure on the ear membrane v allows one to determine the shape of the ear channel uniquely. 5 5 0 2 1 Introduction 0 5 n 0 Consider a bounded domain D ⊂ R , n = 3, with a Lipschitz boundary S . Let F be an / open subset on S , a membrane, G = S \ F , Γ = ∂F , and N is the outer unit normal to h p S . - h Consider the problem: t a 2 2 m ∇ u + k u = 0 in D, u = f on F, u = 0 on G. (1.1) : v 2 i We assume that k is not a Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplacian in D. This assumption X will be removed later. If this assumption holds, then the solution to problem (1.1) is r a unique. Thus, its normal derivative, h := uN on F , is uniquely determined. Suppose one can measure h on F for some f ∈ C 1(F ), f ≡ 0. The inverse problem (IP) we are interested in can now be formulated: Does this datum determine G uniquely? Thus, we assume that F , f and h are known, that k2 is not a Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplacian in D, and want to determine the unknown part G of the boundary S . Let Λ be the smallest eigenvalue of the Dirichlet Laplacian L in D. Let us assume that