Borg-type theorem for a class of higher-order differential operators

Abstract

In this paper, we study an inverse spectral operator for the higher-order differential equation $(-1)^my^{(2m)}+ q y = \lambda y$, where $q \in L^2(0,\pi)$. We prove that if $\|q\|_2$ is sufficiently small, the two spectra corresponding to the both Dirichlet boundary conditions and to the Dirichlet-Neumann ones uniquely determine the potential $q$. The result extends the Borg theorem from the second order to all even higher orders.