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A central result of Sturm-Liouville theory (also called the Sturm-Hurwitz Theorem) states that if $\phi_k$ is a sequence of eigenfunctions of a second order differential operator on the interval $I \subset \mathbb{R}$, then any linear…
We suggest a new formulation of the inverse spectral problem for second-order functional-differential operators on star-shaped graphs with global delay. The latter means that the delay, being measured in the direction to a specific boundary…
We consider self-adjoint extensions of differential operators of the type $ (-\frac{d^2}{dr^2} + \frac{l(l+1)}{r^2})^3 $ on the real semi-axis for l=1,2 with two kinds of boundary conditions: first that nullify the value of a function and…
The paper deals with two inverse problems for Sturm--Liouville operator $Ly=-y" +q(x)y$ on the finite interval $[0,\pi]$. The first one is the problem of recovering of a potential by two spectra. We associate with this problem the map $F:\,…
In this paper we study a Sturm--Liouville operator $Ly=-y"+q(x)y$ in the space $L_2[0,\pi]$ with Direchlet boundary conditions. Here the potential $q$ is a first order distribution: $q\in W_2^{-1}[0,\pi]$. Such operators were defined in our…
We obtain sharp asymptotic formulas for the eigenvalues and norming constants of Sturm-Liouville operators associated with the differential expression \[ -\frac{d^2}{dx^2} + x + q(x), \quad x\in [0,\infty), \] together with the boundary…
Paper deals with the singular Sturm-Liouville expressions $$l(y) = -(py')' + qy$$ on a finite interval with coefficients $$q = Q', \quad 1/p, Q/p, Q^2/p \in L_1,$$ where derivative of the function $Q$ is understood in the sense of…
We study perturbations of the self-adjoint periodic Sturm--Liouville operator \[ A_0 = \frac{1}{r_0}\left(-\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx} p_0 \frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx} + q_0\right) \] and conclude under $L^1$-assumptions on the differences…
We consider second order linear differential operators possessing a term depending on the unknown function with a fixed argument and study the uniqueness of recovering the operators from the spectrum. We also obtain a constructive procedure…
We consider the spectral problem generated by the Sturm-Liouville equation with an arbitrary complex-valued potential q(x) and irregular boundary conditions. We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for a set of complex numbers to…
In this paper, we study spectral problems for the Sturm-Liouville operator with arbitrary complexvalued potential q(x) and two-point boundary conditions. All types of mentioned boundary conditions are considered. We ivestigate in detail the…
The inverse spectral problem is investigated for the matrix Sturm-Liouville equation on a finite interval. Properties of spectral characteristics are provided, a constructive procedure for the solution of the inverse problem along with…
In this text we describe the spectral nature (pure point or continuous) of a self-similar Sturm-Liouville operator on the line or the half-line. This is motivated by the more general problem of understanding the spectrum of Laplace…
We study spectral subspaces of the Sturm-Liouville operator $f \mapsto -(pf')'$ on $\mathbb{R}$, where $p$ is a positive, piecewise constant function. Functions in these subspaces can be thought of as having a local bandwidth determined by…
This work deals with an inverse problem for the Sturm-Liouville operator with non-separated boundary conditions, one of which linearly depends on a spectral parameter. Uniqueness theorem is proved, solution algorithm is constructed and…
We consider Sturm-Liouville operators $-y''+v(x)y$ on $[0,1]$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions $y(0)=y(1)=0$. For any $1\le p<\infty$, we give a short proof of the characterization theorem for the spectral data corresponding to $v\in…
We define and study the properties of Darboux-type transformations between Sturm--Liouville problems with boundary conditions containing rational Herglotz--Nevanlinna functions of the eigenvalue parameter (including the Dirichlet boundary…
We consider spectral problems for the Sturm-Liouville operator with arbitrary complex-valued potential q(x) and degenerate boundary conditions. We solve corresponding inverse problem, and also study the completeness property and the basis…
We consider a class of self-adjoint Sturm-Liouville problems with rational functions of the spectral parameter in the boundary conditions. The uniform stability for direct and inverse spectral problems is proved for the first time for…
We investigate the spectral properties of the maximal operator $A$ associated with a differential expression $\frac 1 w(-\frac d {dx}(p\frac d {dx}) + q)$ with real-valued periodic coefficients $w$, $p$ and $q$ where $w$ changes sign. It…