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Some strong limit-2 and Dirichiet criteria for fourth order differential expressions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

David Race
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH

Abstract

Conditions are given on the real coefficients p, q and r and the weight w, for the fourth order formally symmetric differential expression

to have the properties of being strong limit-2 and Dirichlet at ∞, when considered in the weighted Hilbert space, . These extend existing results due to both W. N. Everitt and V. Krishna Kumar and cover an expression which is important in the study of certain orthogonal polynomials.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1990

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