The inverse Sturm-Liouville problem finds its applications in the identification of mechanical properties and/or geometrical configurations of a vibrating continuous medium; however, this problem is hard to solve, either theoretically or numerically. Previously, Liu (2008a) has constructed a Lie-group shooting method to determine the eigenvalues, and the corresponding eigenfunctions, for the di...

In this paper, we propose a numerical method to estimate the unknown order of a Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative for a fractional Stokes’ first problem for a heated generalized second grade fluid. The implicit numerical method is employed to solve the direct problem. For the inverse problem, we first obtain the fractional sensitivity equation by means of the digamma function, and then we...

In this paper, we give the solution of the inverse Sturm–Liouville problem on two partially coinciding spectra. In particular, in this case we obtain Hochstadt's theorem concerning the structure of the difference q(x) − ˜ q(x) for the singular Sturm Liouville problem defined on the finite interval (0, π) having the singularity type 1 4 sin 2 x at the points 0 and π.

This paper is concerned with the construction and study of specific finite and infinite integral transforms arising from a singular Sturm-Liouville problem on a half line, which is connected to the hydrogen atom equation. The paper goes further to describe fully the image of some spaces of square integrable functions with respect to some measure under the finite and infinite integral transforms...

The Liouville-Green [or Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB)] approximation for the two-dimensional cochlear mechanics problem disagrees with the finite-difference solution in the region after the response peak. This disagreement has left doubts about the validity of the Liouville-Green approximation, and has never been satisfactorily explained. In this paper, it is shown that the Liouville-Green ap...

  Abstract.   The Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem of the multi-order fractional differential equation  is studied. Results on the existence of solutions are established. The analysis relies on a weighted function space and a fixed point theorem. An example is given to illustrate the efficiency of the main theorems.

in this article, we verify existence and uniqueness of positive and nondecreasing solution for nonlinear boundary value problem of fractional differential equation in the form d_{0^{+}}^{alpha}x(t)+f(t,x(t))=0, 0x(0)= x'(0)=0, x'(1)=beta x(xi), where $d_{0^{+}}^{alpha}$ denotes the standard riemann-liouville fractional derivative, 0an illustrative example is also presented.