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Pointwise convergence of eigenfunction expansions, associated with a pair of ordinary differential expressions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Earl A. Coddington
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024, U.S.A.
Aalt Dijksma
Affiliation:
Mathematisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, The Netherlands
Hendrik S. V. de Snoo
Affiliation:
Mathematisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, The Netherlands

Synopsis

For the differential equation Lf = λMf on an open interval of ℝ, a theory in terms of relations in a Hilbert space associated with M was developed in a paper by Coddington and de Snoo, and eigenfunction expansions were derived in a paper by Dijksma and de Snoo. In the case of a regular problem on a compact interval, pointwise convergence of the expansions was shown in another paper by Coddington and de Snoo. Here, we show pointwise convergence in the general singular case.

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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1984

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