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Application of two parameter eigencurves to Sturm–Liouville problems with eigenparameter-dependent boundary conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

P. A. Binding
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaT2N 1N4
Patrick J. Browne
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaS7N 0W0

Abstract

Oscillation, comparison and asymptotic theory for the Sturm-Liouville problem

with 1/p, q, r ε L1 ([0, 1]), p, r > 0, are studied subject to eigenvalue-dependent boundary conditions

This continues previous work on cases with (− 1)j δj ≦ 0 where δj = ajdjbjcj. We now consider the remaining sign conditions for δj, exploiting the interplay between the graph of cot θ (λ, 1), for a modified Prüfer angle θ, and the eigencurves of a related two-parameter problem.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1995

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