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A two parameter eigenvalue problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

J.A. Rickard
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.
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An ordinary second order differential equation is considered in which the coefficients are dependent on two parameters ω and F as well as the independent variable μ. The equation arises in the study of free oscillations of incompressible inviscid fluid in global shells. An asymptotic technique is presented which estimates the eigenvaiues (that is the values of ω for which the solution is bounded for all |μ| ≤ 1) as functions of F, as F → ∞. The agreement of the results with numerical computations is also discussed.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1974

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