Inverse problem for Sturm--Liouville operators with frozen argument on closed sets

TL;DR

This paper investigates the inverse spectral problem for Sturm--Liouville operators with frozen argument on specific closed sets, providing uniqueness results, solvability conditions, and an algorithm for potential recovery.

Contribution

It introduces a novel inverse problem setup for Sturm--Liouville operators with frozen argument on two segments, including a uniqueness theorem and a solution algorithm.

Findings

Established a uniqueness theorem for the inverse problem.

Derived necessary and sufficient conditions for solvability.

Developed an algorithm to recover the potential from spectral data.

Abstract

In the paper, we study the problem of recovering the potential from the spectrum of the Dirichlet boundary value problem for a Sturm--Liouville equation with frozen argument on a closed set. We consider the case when the closed set consists of two segments and the frozen argument is at the end of the first segment. A uniqueness theorem and an algorithm solving the inverse problem are obtained along with necessary and sufficient conditions of its solvability. The considered case significantly differs from the one of the classical Sturm--Liouville operator with frozen argument.