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Discrete dynamical systems: Inverse problems and related topics

  • Alexander Mikhaylov and Victor Mikhaylov EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: January 8, 2025

Abstract

In this review, we extend the boundary control method – an approach to inverse problems based on control theory for dynamical systems – to inverse problems for discrete dynamical systems. We apply our results to classical moment problems, Toda lattices, Weyl functions, de Branges spaces, Krein–Stieltjes strings, and also to problems of numerical simulations.

Acknowledgements

The authors express their deep gratitude to the anonymous reviewer for valuable comments and suggestions.

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Received: 2024-08-27
Revised: 2024-11-02
Accepted: 2024-11-04
Published Online: 2025-01-08
Published in Print: 2025-04-01

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