Hydrodynamic methods in the inverse problem of gravitational prospecting

In [1, 2], a dynamical method is proposed for solving stationary inverse problems of potential theory, including the inverse problem of gravitational prospecting. It is based on analogy with the problem of establishing the interface of two immiscible fluids flowing in a porous medium. In the present paper, a system of two functional equations is derived from which one can obtain, as special cases, an equation corresponding to the method of [1, 2], and also a system of equations that enables one to propose a new and different method for solving the inverse problem of gravitational prospecting. Equations are derived in polar coordinates for plane Cauchy problems corresponding to both methods, and the results are also given of the solution of some model problems by these methods. Finally, ways of generating new methods of solution of the inverse problem of gravitational prospecting are considered.