On the density of the mass distribution of a string at the origin

DOI10.1007/S00020-014-2209-YMaRDI QIDQ2342944zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Israel S. Kac, V. Pivovarchik

Publication date 30 April 2015

Published in Integral Equations and Operator Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.6171

zbMATH Keywords

infinite productKrein's stringspectral function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary eigenvalue problems for ordinary differential equations (34B09) Sturm-Liouville theory (34B24) Asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues, asymptotic theory of eigenfunctions for ordinary differential operators (34L20) General theory of ordinary differential operators (47E05)

Abstract: In [V. Barcilon Explicit solution of the inverse problem for a vibrating string. J. Math. Anal. Appl. {�f 93} (1983) 222-234] two boundary value problems were considered generated by the differential equation of a string ${\displaystyle }$ y^{primeprime}+lambda p(x)y=0, 0leq x leq L<+infty eqno{(*)} ${\displaystyle }$ with continuous real function $p(x)$ (density of the string) and the boundary conditions $y(0)=y(L)=0$ the first problem and $y^{prime}(0)=y(L)=0$ the second one. In the above paper the following formula was stated ${\displaystyle }$ p(0)={1}{L^2mu_1}mathop{prod}limits_{n=1}^{infty}{lambda_n^2}{mu_n mu_{n+1}} eqno{(**)} ${\displaystyle }$ where ${lambd{a}_k}_{k=1}^{infty}$ is the spectrum of the first boundary value problem and ${m{u}_k}_{k=1}^{infty}$ of the second one. Rigorous proof of (**) was given in [C.-L. Shen On the Barcilon formula for the string equation with a piecewise continuous density function. Inverse Problems {�f 21}, (2005) 635--655] under more restrictive conditions of piecewise continuity of $p^{prime}(x)$. In this paper (**) was deduced using ${\displaystyle }$ p(0)=limlimits_{lambda o +infty}({phi(L,-lambda)}{lambda^{{1}{2}}psi(L,-lambda)})^2 eqno{(***}) ${\displaystyle }$ where $phi(x,lambda)$ is the solution of (*) which satisfies the boundary conditions $phi(0)-1=ph{i}^{prime}(0)=0$ and $psi(x,lambda)$ is the solution of (*) which satisfies $psi(0)=ps{i}^{prime}(0)-1=0$. In our paper we prove that (***) is true for the so-called M.G. Krein's string which may have any nondecreasing mass distribution function $M(x)$ with finite nonzero $M^{prime}(0)$. Also we show that (**) is true for a wide class of strings including those for which $M(x)$ is a singular function, i.e. $M^{prime}(x)=p(x)mathop=limit{s}^{a.e.}0$.

Review text

Let \(\{\lambda_{nj}\}_{n\geq 1}\), \(j=0,1,\) be the eigenvalues of the boundary value problems \[ y+\lambda p(x)y=0,\; y^{(j)}(0)=y(L)=0,\; j=0,1. \] A generalization of the known relation \[ p(0)=(L^2\lambda_{11})^{-1}\prod_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{\lambda_{n0}^{2}}{\lambda_{n1}\lambda_{n+1,1}} \] is given for the Krein's string.

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