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The Dirichlet index under minimal conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

R. C. Brown
R. C. Brown
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Department of Mathematics, University of Alabama, University, Alabama 35486, U.S.A.
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Synopsis

We extend several known properties of the Dirichlet index to the case of minimal conditions and prove that the index is invariant under positive t bounded perturbations of the associated quadratic form. The index is also shown to be minimal for fourth order operators with certain growth conditions on some of their coefficients.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 96 , Issue 3-4 , 1984 , pp. 303 - 316
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1984

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