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A UNIQUENESS THEOREM IN THE INVERSE SPECTRAL THEORY OF A CERTAIN HIGHER-ORDER ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION USING PALEY–WIENER METHODS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2005

E. ANDERSSON
Affiliation:
Center for Mathematical Sciences Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Lund, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, [email protected]
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Abstract

The paper examines a higher-order ordinary differential equation of the form $\mathcal{P}[u]\,{:=} \sum_{j,k=0}^{m}D^{j}a_{jk}D^{k}u \,{=}\, \lambda{u}, x\in[0,b)$, where $D\,{=}\,i({d}/{dx})$, and where the coefficients $a_{jk}$, $j,k\in[0,m]$, with $a_{mm}\,{=}\,1$, satisfy certain regularity conditions and are chosen so that the matrix $(a_{jk})$ is hermitean. It is also assumed that $m\,{>}\,1$. More precisely, it is proved, using Paley–Wiener methods, that the corresponding spectral measure determines the equation up to conjugation by a function of modulus 1. The paper also discusses under which additional conditions the spectral measure uniquely determines the coefficients $a_{jk}$, $j,k\in[0,m]$, $j+k\neq{2m}$, as well as $b$ and the boundary conditions at 0 and at $b$ (if any).

Type
Notes and Papers
Copyright
The London Mathematical Society 2005

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