An inverse problem of determining a nonlinear term in an ordinary differential equation

Inverse problems involving ordinary differential equations (34A55) Nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B15) General spectral theory of ordinary differential operators (34L05)

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The following inverse problem is discussed. Given functions the \(a(\lambda)\), \(b(\lambda)\) on \([0,\Lambda ]\), \(a(0) = 0\), \(b(0)=1\), \(a(\lambda) >0\), \(b(\lambda)>1\) for \(\lambda \in (0,\Lambda ]\), find a function \(f(u)\) such that the (overdetermined) boundary value problem \[ u_{xx}(x,\lambda) = \lambda f'(u(x,\lambda)), \quad 0 \leq x \leq 1, \] \[ u(0,\lambda) = 1, \quad u_x (0,\lambda) = a(\lambda), \quad u(1,\lambda) = b(\lambda), \] admits a solution \(u(x,\lambda)\) for each \(\lambda \in [0,\Lambda ]\). Sufficient conditions for the existence of the above problem generalize results by \textit{A. Lorenzi} [Appl. Anal. 46, 129-143 (1992; Zbl 0788.34006)]. A uniqueness result on determining a nonlinear term is proved as well. The proofs of the main results are based on the implicit function theorem.

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