Inverse scattering on the line with incomplete scattering data
Abstract
The Schroedinger equation is considered on the line when the potential is real valued, compactly supported, and square integrable. The nonuniqueness is analyzed in the recovery of such a potential from the data consisting of the ratio of a corresponding reflection coefficient to the transmission coefficient. It is shown that there are a discrete number of potentials corresponding to the data and that their L2-norms are related to each other in a simple manner. All those potentials are identified, and it is shown how an additional estimate on the L2-norm in the data can uniquely identify the corresponding potential. The recovery is illustrated with some explicit examples.
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