The knowledge of theDirichlet-to-Neumannmap, i.e.

the relation
between scalar potential and current density at the boundary, uniquely identifies the
resistivity
for error-free data [1–5].

In [8] we enlarged the set of retrievable resistivities (with respect to methods based on the
first-order approximation) in the frame of a quadratic approach. Moreover, we also gave an
estimate of the maximum number of linearly independent equations that can be derived
from the model and we showed that no local minima occur when the ratio between the
number of
linearly independent equations and the unknown parameters is sufficiently large [8, 9].
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This paper makes two main contributions. The first of these regards the proof of the
monotonicity of the resistance matrix1

Similar results have been

previously obtained for the Neumann-to-Dirichlet map [10] under the assumption that the
resistivity and its reciprocal are elements of L∞
(D).

The second main contribution of the paper is that it presents a non-iterative method,
based on monotonicity, for solving the inverse problem. Specifically we address the problem
of retrieving the shape of the domain _ ⊂ D of a homogeneous inclusion of resistivity ρc
embedded in a homogeneous conductor of resistivity ρ0. This non-iterative inversion method
reconstruct two sets ˜_int and ˜_ext that satisfy ˜_int ⊆ _ ⊆ ˜_ext for error-free measurements.
This method, which to our knowledge is original, is an improvement of the method that
we proposed in [11] where only ˜_ext was retrieved. The improvement is relevant because
numerical simulations have shown that ˜_int approximates _ better than ˜_ext .

if Rρ1
− Rρ2 is not positive semi-definite, then ρ1(r) _ ρ2(r) in D is false