Inverse spectral-scattering problem for the Sturm-Liouville operator on a noncompact star-type graph

Abstract

We study the Sturm-Liouville operator on a noncompact star-type graph consisting of a finite number of compact and noncompact edges under standard matching conditions in the internal vertex. We introduce and investigate the so-called spectral-scat\-tering data, which generalize the classical spectral data for the Sturm-Liouville operator on the half-line and the scattering data on the line. Developing the idea of the method of spectral mappings we prove that the specification of the spectral-scattering data uniquely determines the Sturm-Liouville operator on the graph.