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

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 97 , 1984 , pp. 43 - 58
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1984

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