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An application of Sturm-Liouville theory to a class of two-part boundary-value problems*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Samuel N. Karp
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University

Abstract

A simple solution of a general problem involving a bifurcated wave guide is presented. The purpose of the work is to explain a new and simple method of solving such problems and to exhibit an organic connexion between Sturm–Liouville theory and the theory of two-part boundary-value problems.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1957

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