A uniqueness result for differential pencils with discontinuities from interior spectral data (Q669632)

An inverse spectral problem is studied for the differential equation \[ y''+(\rho^2+i\rho q_1(x)+q_0(x))y=0,\; x>0, \] subject to the boundary condition \[ y'(0)+hy(0)=0, \] and the jump conditions \[ y(a+0)=by(a-0),\; y'(a+0)=y'(a-0)/b,\quad a>0, \] where \(q_k(x)\in W_k^1(0,\infty)\) are complex-valued functions. The author formulates a uniqueness theorem of recovering the functions \(q_k(x)\) using information on the discrete spectrum. This theorem is wrong and the proof contains serious mistakes. The reason is that the author ignores the existence of the continuous spectrum and the fact that the discrete spectrum can have more complicated behavior than in the paper.