TY - JOUR ID - Boyko2015 LB - Boyko2015 AU - Boyko, Olga AU - Pivovarchik, Vyacheslav TI - On small vibrations of a damped Stieltjes string ST - On small vibrations of a damped Stieltjes string JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2015 VL - 35 IS - 2 SP - 143 EP - 159 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2015.35.2.143 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2015.35.2.143 AB - Inverse problem of recovering masses, coefficients of damping and lengths of the intervals between the masses using two spectra of boundary value problems and the total length of the Stieltjes string (an elastic thread bearing point masses) is considered. For the case of point-wise damping at the first counting from the right end mass the problem of recovering the masses, the damping coefficient and the lengths of the subintervals by one spectrum and the total length of the string is solved. KW - damping KW - Dirichlet boundary condition KW - point mass KW - Hermite-Biehler polynomial KW - continued fraction KW - eigenvalues SN - 1232-9274 ER -