An inverse spectral problem for Sturm-Liouville-type integro-differential operators with robin boundary conditions

Abstract

The perturbation of the Sturm--Liouville differential operator on a finite interval with Robin boundary conditions by a convolution operator is considered. The inverse problem of recovering the convolution term along with one boundary condition from the spectrum is studied, provided that the Sturm--Liouville potential as well as the other boundary condition are known a priori. The uniqueness of solution for this inverse problem is established along with necessary and sufficient conditions for its solvability. The proof is constructive and gives an algorithm for solving the inverse problem.