Integral-Functional Equation Arising in the Study of an Inverse Problem for a Quasilinear Hyperbolic Equation

Abstract

A problem with data on the characteristics is considered for a quasilinear hyperbolic equation. The inverse problem of determining two unknown coefficients of the equation from some additional information about the solution is posed. One of the unknown coefficients depends on the independent variable, and the other, on the solution of the equation. Uniqueness theorems are proved for the solution of the inverse problem. The proof is based on the derivation of the integro-functional equation and the analysis of the uniqueness of its solution.