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Uniqueness of the potential function for the vectorial Sturm-Liouville equation on a finite interval
1 Department of Mathematics, Tamkang University, No.151, Yingzhuan Rd., Danshui Dist., New Taipei City 25137, Taiwan, PR China
2 Department of Electronic Engineering, China University of Science and Technology, No.245, Academia Rd., Sec. 3, Nangang District, Taipei City 115, Taiwan, PR China
Boundary Value Problems 2011, 2011:40 doi:10.1186/1687-2770-2011-40
Published: 26 October 2011Abstract
In this paper, the vectorial Sturm-Liouville operator 
is considered, where Q(x) is an integrable m × m matrix-valued function defined on the interval [0,π] The authors prove that m2+1 characteristic functions can determine the potential function of a vectorial Sturm-Liouville
operator uniquely. In particular, if Q(x) is real symmetric, then 
characteristic functions can determine the potential function uniquely. Moreover,
if only the spectral data of self-adjoint problems are considered, then m2 + 1 spectral data can determine Q(x) uniquely.
