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Eigenfunction expansions associated with a two-parameter system of differential equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

M. Faierman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Synopsis

Techniques from the theory of partial differential equations are employed to prove the uniform convergence of the eigenfunction expansion associated with a two-parameter system of ordinary differential equations of the second order.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1978

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