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On the Hochstadt-Lieberman theorem for discontinuous boundary-valued problems

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In this paper, we discuss the half inverse problem for Sturm-Liouville equations with boundary conditions dependent on the spectral parameter and a finite number of discontinuities inside the interval and prove the Hochstadt-Liberman type theorem for the above boundary-valued problem.

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Wang, Y.P., Koyunbakan, H. On the Hochstadt-Lieberman theorem for discontinuous boundary-valued problems. Acta. Math. Sin.-English Ser. 30, 985–992 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10114-014-3221-5

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