Recovering variable order differential operators on star-type graphs from spectra

We consider inverse spectral problems for ordinary differential operators on compact star-type graphs for the case in which the differential equations have different orders on different edges. We study inverse problems of recovering potentials from a system of spectra. We provide algorithms for constructing solutions of these inverse problems and prove their uniqueness.     

Inverse problem for differential pencils on a hedgehog graph

We study boundary value problems on a hedgehog graph for second-order ordinary differential equations with a nonlinear dependence on the spectral parameter. We establish properties of spectral characteristics and consider the inverse spectral problem of reconstructing the coefficients of a differential pencil on the basis of spectral data. For this inverse problem, we prove a uniqueness theorem and obtain a procedure for constructing its solution.     

Recovering differential pencils on compact graphs

We study boundary value problems on compact graphs without circles (i.e. on trees) for second-order ordinary differential equations with nonlinear dependence on the spectral parameter. We establish properties of the spectral characteristics and investigate the inverse spectral problem of recovering the coefficients of the differential equation from the so-called Weyl vector which is a generalization of the Weyl function (m-function) for the classical Sturm-Liouville operator. For this inverse problem we prove the uniqueness theorem and obtain a procedure for constructing the solution by the method of spectral mappings.     

Inverse spectral problem for differential operator pencils on noncompact spatial networks

We study boundary value problems on noncompact cycle-free graphs (i.e., trees) for second-order ordinary differential equations with a nonlinear dependence on the spectral parameter. We establish properties of the spectrum and analyze the inverse problem of reconstructing the coefficients of a differential equation on the basis of the so-called Weyl functions. For this inverse problem, we prove a uniqueness theorem and obtain a procedure for constructing the solution by the method of spectral mapping.     

Recovery of differential equations with nonlinear dependence on the spectral parameter

The inverse spectral problem of recovering pencils of second-order differential operators on the half-line is studied. We give a formulation of the inverse problem, prove the uniqueness theorem and provided a procedure for constructing the solution of the inverse problem. We also establishe connections with inverse problems for partial differential equations.     

Inverse spectral problems for differential systems on a finite interval

Inverse spectral problems are studied for non-selfadjoint systems of ordinary differential equations on a finite interval. We establish properties of the spectral characteristics, and provide a procedure for constructing the solution of the inverse problem of recovering the coefficients of differential systems from the given spectral characteristics.     

Difference Operators on Two-Dimensional Regular Lattices

We solve the direct and inverse spectral problems for two classes of difference operators. We present systems of ordinary differential equations describing isospectral deformations of these operators.     

On Differential Operators with Singularity and Discontinuity Conditions inside an Interval

We investigate boundary-value problems for differential equations with singularity and discontinuity conditions inside an interval. We describe properties of the spectrum, prove a theorem on the completeness of eigenfunctions and associated functions, and study the inverse spectral problem.     

On recovering differential systems on a finite interval from spectra

Inverse spectral problems are studied for non-self-adjoint systems of ordinary differential equations on a finite interval. We establish properties of spectral characteristics and provide a procedure for constructing the solution of the inverse problem of recovering the coefficients of differential systems from given spectra. Published in Russian in Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, 2006, Vol. 255, pp. 273–287.     

The Inverse Problem Method on the Half-Line and a Nested System of Riccati Equations

A mixed problem for the nonlinear Bogoyavlenskii system on the half-line is studied by the inverse problem method. The solution of the mixed problem is reduced to the solution of the inverse spectral problem of recovering a forth-order differential operator on the half-line from the Weyl matrix. We derive evolution equations for the elements of the Weyl matrix and give an algorithm for the solution of the mixed problem. Evolution equations of the elements of the Weyl matrix are nonlinear. It is shown that they can be reduced to a nested system of three successively solvable matrix Riccati equations.     

The σ<Emphasis Type="Italic">g</Emphasis>-Drazin Inverse and the Generalized Mbekhta Decomposition

In this paper we define and study an extension of the g-Drazin for elements of a Banach algebra and for bounded linear operators based on an isolated spectral set rather than on an isolated spectral point. We investigate salient properties of the new inverse and its continuity, and illustrate its usefulness with an application to differential equations. Generalized Mbekhta subspaces are introduced and the corresponding extended Mbekhta decomposition gives a characterization of circularly isolated spectral sets.     

Reconstructing parameters of a medium from incomplete spectral information

The problem of the synthesis of a stratified medium with specified amplitude and phase properties is investigated. The wave propagation in the medium is described by a system of differential equations. The synthesis problem considered in the paper relates to inverse problems of spectral analysis with incomplete spectral information. Using the contour integral method we study properties of spectral characteristics and obtain algorithms for the solution of the synthesis problem for differential equations with singularities.     

Reconstruction of Sturm-Liouville differential operators on A-graphs

We study the inverse problem of spectral analysis for Sturm-Liouville operators on A-graphs. We obtain a constructive procedure for solving the inverse problem of reconstruction of coefficients of differential operators from spectra and prove the uniqueness of the solution.     

Inverse problem for Sturm-Liouville operators on hedgehog-type graphs

We study the inverse spectral problem for Sturm-Liouville differential operators on hedgehog-type graphs with a cycle and with standard matching conditions at interior vertices. We prove a uniqueness theorem and obtain a constructive solution for this class of inverse problems.     

Inverse problems for differential operators of any order on trees

Inverse spectral problems for ordinary differential operators of any order on compact trees are studied. As the main spectral characteristics, Weyl matrices, which generalize the Weyl m-function for the classical Sturm-Liouville operator are introduced and studied. A constructive solution procedure for the inverse problem based on Weyl matrices is suggested, and the uniqueness of the solution is proved. The reconstruction of differential equations from discrete spectral characteristics is also considered.     

A Remark on Inverse Problems for Sturm�CLiouville Operators on Graphs

We compare some formulations of the inverse spectral problems for differential operators on graphs with the classical inverse problems on an interval.     

Inverse spectral problems for differential pencils on the half-line with turning points

The inverse spectral problem of recovering pencils of second-order differential operators on the half-line with turning points is studied. We establish properties of the spectral characteristics, give a formulation of the inverse problem, prove a uniqueness theorem and provide a constructive procedure for the solution of the inverse problem.     

Inverse Problems for Sturm–Liouville Operators on Noncompact Trees

We study Sturm–Liouville differential operators on noncompact graphs without cycles (i.e., on trees) with standard matching conditions in internal vertices. First we establish properties of the spectral characteristics and then we investigate the inverse problem of recovering the operator from the so-called Weyl vector. For this inverse problem we prove a uniqueness theorem and propose a procedure for constructing the solution using the method of spectral mappings. Received: February 13, 2007.     

On recovering Sturm—Liouville operators on graphs

Sturm—Liouville differential operators on compact graphs are studied. We establish properties of the spectral characteristics and investigate three inverse problems of recovering the operator from the so-called Weyl functions, from discrete spectral data, and from a system of spectra. For these inverse problems, we prove uniqueness theorems and obtain procedures for constructing the solutions by the method of spectral mappings.