Half inverse problem for singular differential operator (Q4655413)

The authors consider the inverse problem for a Sturm-Liouville equation. Mainly they consider the Bessel operator \(Ly = -y'' + [q(x) + l (l+1)/x^2]y\) over \((0, 1]\) subject to the boundary conditions \(\lim_{x \rightarrow 0} y(x, \lambda)/x^l = 1 / [2^{l+1} \Gamma (l + 3/2)] , y(1, \lambda) \cos \beta + y' (1, \lambda) \sin \beta = 0\). The potential \(q(x)\) is assumed to be a square integrable real-valued function. It follows that such an operator will be selfadjoint on \(L_2 [0, 1]\) with the spectrum being real and simple. In general, \(q(x)\) can be uniquely determined by two spectra. The main result here is that if \(q(x)\) is prescribed over the interval \((1/2, 1]\), then a single spectrum is sufficient to determine \(q(x)\) on the interval \((0, 1/2)\). The method used in this article is parallel to that in [\textit{H. Hochstadt} and \textit{B. Lieberman}, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 34, 676--680 (1978; Zbl 0418.34032)], where the Laplace operator was treated as well as the specific interval \((1/2, 1]\) was explained.