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Eigenvalues of regular differential operators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Harold E. Benzinger
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.

Synopsis

It is shown that the fine structure of the asymptotic estimates for the eigenvalues of a large class of ordinary differential operators, can be described in terms of the Fourier coefficients of a function of class L2.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1978

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