An inverse problem for a class of lacunary canonical systems with diagonal Hamiltonians (Q2679744)

A \(2\times 2\) real symmetric matrix-valued function \(H\) defined on an interval \(I=[t_0,t_1)\), \(-\infty <t_0<t_1\leq \infty\), is called a Hamiltonian if \(H(t)\) is positive semidefinite for almost all \(t\in I\), \(H\) is not identically zero on any subset of \(I\) with positive Lebesgue measure, and \(H\in L^1([t_0,c),\mathbb{R}^{2\times 2})\) for any \(t_0<c<t_1\). The following system (associated with a Hamiltonian \(H\) and parametrized by \(z\in \mathbb{C}\)) is called canonical sytem on \(I\): \[ (-d/dt)\left( \begin{array}{c}A\\ B\end{array}\right) =z\left( \begin{array}{rr}0&-1\\ 1&0\end{array}\right) H\left( \begin{array}{c}A\\ B\end{array}\right). \] The author solves the inverse problem which recovers a Hamiltonian from the solution to a first-order system attached to a given Hamiltonian, consisting of ordinary differential equations parametrized by a set of complex numbers, under certain conditions for the solutions. This inverse problem generalizes the inverse problem for two-dimensional canonical systems.