In this paper, we consider an eigenvalue problem for ordinary differential equations of fourth order with a spectral parameter in the boundary conditions. The location of eigenvalues on real axis, the structure of root subspaces and the oscillation properties of eigenfunctions of this problem are investigated, and asymptotic formulas for the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are found. Next, by the use of these properties, we establish sufficient conditions for subsystems of root functions of the considered problem to form a basis in the space $L_p,1 < p < \infty$.

We investigate the multivariate sampling theory associated with multiparameter eigenvalue problems. A several-variable counterpart of the classical sampling theorem of Whittaker, Kotel’nikov and Shannon is given. It arose when the multiparameter system has order one. Two-dimensional sampling theorems associated with two-parameter systems of second-order differential operators will be established. The sampling formulae are of multivariate non-uniform Lagrange interpolation type. Unlike many of the known formulae, the interpolating functions are not necessarily products of single variable functions.