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Dirichlet and separation results for Schrödinger-type operators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

W. D. Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University College, Cardiff
A. Zettl
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Science, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois, U.S.A.

Synopsis

Conditions are obtained which ensure that the maximal operator generated by the formally self-adjoint second-order differential expression

in L2(Rn), n ≥ 1 has the Dirichlet and separation properties.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1978

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