We consider the inverse problem for the second order self-adjoint hyperbolic equation in a bounded domain in R n with lower order terms depending analytically on the time variable. We prove that, assuming the BLR condition, the time-dependent Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator prescribed on a part of the boundary uniquely determines the coefficients of the hyperbolic equation up to a diffeomorphism ...

We discuss minisuperspace aspects a non empty Robertson-Walker universe containing scalar matter field. The requirement that the Wheeler-DeWitt (WDW) operator be self adjoint is a key ingredient in constructing the physical Hilbert space and has non-trivial cosmological implications since it is related with the problem of time in quantum cosmology. Namely, if time is parametrized by matter fiel...

The problem of computing linear force-free magnetic fields on a knotted multiply-connected domain is considered. The domain is the support of the current distribution, and the linear force-free fieldproblem reduces to finding an eigenfield of a self-adjoint curl operator. In this context, the GKN Theorem is reformulated in terms of symplectic geometry in order to characterize the self-adjoint e...

For a bounded non-negative self-adjoint operator acting in a complex, infinitedimensional, separable Hilbert space H and possessing a dense range R we propose a new approach to characterisation of phenomenon concerning the existence of subspaces M ⊂ H such that M ∩R = M ∩R = {0}. We show how the existence of such subspaces leads to various pathological properties of unbounded self-adjoint opera...

An inverse spectral problem for the Sturm-Liouville operator with a singular potential from class $W_2^{-1}$ is solved by method of mappings. We prove uniqueness theorem, develop constructive algorithm solution and obtain necessary sufficient conditions solvability in self-adjoint non-self-adjoint cases.