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    Forward and inverse spectral theory of Sturm-Liouville operators with transmission conditions
    (2017) Bartels, Casey Ann
    ForwardandinversespectralproblemsconcerningSturm-Liouvilleoperatorswithoutdiscontinuitieshavebeenstudiedextensively. Bycomparison,therehasbeenlimitedworktacklingthecase where the eigenfunctions have discontinuities at interior points, a case which appears naturally in physical applications. We refer to such discontinuity conditions as transmission conditions. We consider Sturm-Liouville problems with transmission conditions rationally dependent on the spectral parameter. We show that our problem admits geometrically double eigenvalues, necessitating a new analysis. We develop the forward theory associated with this problem and also consider a related inverse problem. In particular, we prove a uniqueness result analogous to that of H. Hochstadt on the determination of the potential from two sequences of eigenvalues. In addition, we consider the problem of extending Sturm’s oscillation theorem, regarding the number of zeroes of eigenfunctions, from the classical setting to discontinuous problems with general constant coefficient transmission conditions
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    Forward and inverse problem of Hermitian systems in C2.
    (2015-05-06) Roth, Thomas
    In this thesis, the forward and inverse Spectral Theory for first order Hermitian systems with complex potentials and periodic boundary conditions are studied. The aim of this work is to prove two inverse periodicity Theorems and two uniqueness results for determinants of quasiperiodic boundary value problems.
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    Spectral theory of self-adjoint higher order differential operators with eigenvalue parameter dependent boundary conditions
    (2012-09-05) Zinsou, Bertin
    We consider on the interval [0; a], rstly fourth-order di erential operators with eigenvalue parameter dependent boundary conditions and secondly a sixth-order di erential operator with eigenvalue parameter dependent boundary conditions. We associate to each of these problems a quadratic operator pencil with self-adjoint operators. We investigate the spectral proprieties of these problems, the location of the eigenvalues and we explicitly derive the rst four terms of the eigenvalue asymptotics.
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