Uniqueness of the solution of half inverse problem for the impulsive Sturm Liouville operator (Q2856992)

The boundary value problem \(L=L(Q(x),\rho,\beta)\) of the following form is considered: NEWLINE\[NEWLINE -y''+Q(x)y=\lambda\rho(x) y, \quad 0<x<\pi, \tag{1} NEWLINE\]NEWLINE NEWLINE\[NEWLINE y'(0)=y'(\pi)=0, \tag{2} NEWLINE\]NEWLINE NEWLINE\[NEWLINE y\Big(\frac\pi2+0\Big)=\beta y\Big(\frac\pi2-0\Big), \quad y'\Big(\frac\pi2+0\Big)=\beta^{-1} y'\Big(\frac\pi2-0\Big), \tag{3} NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(Q\) is a real-valued function, \(Q\in L_2(0,\pi);\) NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \rho(x)=\begin{cases} 1, & x<\frac\pi2,\\ \alpha^2, & x>\frac\pi2, \end{cases} \quad 0<\alpha<1, NEWLINE\]NEWLINE and \(\beta>0.\)NEWLINENEWLINEThe uniqueness of a solution of the following half-inverse spectral problem is studied: given the spectrum of \(L,\) find \(L\) under the assumption that \(Q(x)\) is known on \((0,\pi/2)\). The corresponding uniqueness result was obtained earlier in [\textit{C.-T. Shieh} and \textit{V. A. Yurko}, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 347, No. 1, 266--272 (2008; Zbl 1209.34014)].