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Asymptotics and deficiency indices for certain pairs of differential operators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

B. L. J. Braaksma
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Synopsis

Asymptotic approximations to solutions of perturbations of Meijer's differential equation are derived. These are used to determine deficiency indices for certain subspaces associated with related pairs of symmetric differential expressions.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1984

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