An inverse spectral problem for Sturm-Liouville operators with discontinuous coefficients
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- by Robert Carlson
- Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 120 (1994), 475-484
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1994-1197532-5
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Abstract:
For generic Sturm-Liouville problems with piecewise constant leading coefficients, the leading coefficient can be determined up to a finite ambiguity from the eigenvalues of the problem.References
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- © Copyright 1994 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 120 (1994), 475-484
- MSC: Primary 34A55; Secondary 34B24, 34L40
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1994-1197532-5
- MathSciNet review: 1197532