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The point-continuous spectrum of second-order, ordinary differential operators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Christine Thurlow
Christine Thurlow
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121 The Grove, Ealing, London W5
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Synopsis

Given any countably infinite set of isloated points on the ℷ -axis, it is shown that there is a continuous q(x) such that these points constitute exactly the point-continuous spectrum for the equation yn″(x) + (ℷ —q(x))y(x) = 0(0≦x<∞) with some homogenous boundary condition at x = 0. This extends a result given by Eastham and McLeod for countably infinite sets of isolated points on the positive ℷ-axis.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 84 , Issue 3-4 , 1979 , pp. 197 - 211
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1979

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