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The asymptotic form of the spectral functions associated with a class of Sturm–Liouville equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

B. J. Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. Illinois 60115-2888, U.S.A.

Synopsis

We use a modified form of the Stieltjes inversion formula due to Atkinson together with some recent results on the asymptotic form of Titchmarch–Weyl m-functions to obtain an asymptotic expression for the spectral functions τ(t) associated with the differential equation

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1985

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