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Spectral properties of two-parameter eigenvalue problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Paul Binding  and
Patrick J. Browne
Paul Binding
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Calgary
Patrick J. Browne
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Calgary
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Synopsis

We study the self-adjoint eigenvalue problem W(λ)x = 0, (*), in Hilbert space for one equation in two parameters. Here

is bounded below with compact resolvent for each λ = (λ1, λ2). We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of λ so that (*) holds with W(λ)= ≧0 and we investigate the geometry of the set Z0 of such λ. We also discuss higher order solution sets Zi where the ith eigenvalue of W(λ) vanishes, deriving various asymptotic results in a unified fashion.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 89 , Issue 1-2 , 1981 , pp. 157 - 173
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1981

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