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Form Domains and Eigenfunction Expansions for Differential Equations with Eigenparameter Dependent Boundary Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Paul Binding
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, email: [email protected]
Branko Ćurgus
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225 USA, email: [email protected]
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Form domains are characterized for regular $2n$-th order differential equations subject to general self-adjoint boundary conditions depending affinely on the eigenparameter. Corresponding modes of convergence for eigenfunction expansions are studied, including uniform convergence of the first $n\,-\,1$ derivatives.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2002

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