Continued fraction solution of Krein's inverse problem

DOI10.1088/0266-5611/27/8/085008zbMATH Open1232.34024arXiv1101.2989OpenAlexW3103388410MaRDI QIDQ3174433FDOQ3174433

Authors: Yves Tourigny 

Publication date: 12 October 2011

Published in: Inverse Problems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The spectral data of a vibrating string are encoded in its so-called characteristic function. We consider the problem of recovering the distribution of mass along the string from its characteristic function. It is well-known that Stieltjes' continued fraction provides a solution of this inverse problem in the particular case where the distribution of mass is purely discrete. We show how to adapt Stieltjes' method to solve the inverse problem for a related class of strings. An application to the excursion theory of diffusion processes is presented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.2989

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zbMATH Keywords

continued fractioninverse spectral problemstring equationStieltjes' momentum problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse problems involving ordinary differential equations (34A55) General spectral theory of ordinary differential operators (34L05) Asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues, asymptotic theory of eigenfunctions for ordinary differential operators (34L20) Sturm-Liouville theory (34B24) General theory of ordinary differential operators (47E05)

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• Continued fractions, wavelet time operators, and inverse problems
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