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Bounds for the points of spectral concentration of Sturm–Liouville problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

D. J. Gilbert
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
B. J. Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115-2888, U.S.A.
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§1. Introduction. We consider the spectral function ρα(λ) associated with the Sturm–Liouville equation

with the boundary condition

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Copyright © University College London 2000

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