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Inverse problems for a string with concentrated mass at one end. (English) Zbl 0937.34010

A smooth inhomogeneous string with a concentrated mass at one end is described by a Sturm-Liouville problem with a spectral parameter both in the equation and in the boundary condition. Sufficient (close to necessary) conditions are obtained for two sets of real numbers to be spectra of such a string.

MSC:

34A55 Inverse problems involving ordinary differential equations
34B24 Sturm-Liouville theory
34L40 Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.)