Continuous spectrum of second-order ordinary differential operators

1983 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-764
Author(s):  
R. S. Ismagilov
Author(s):  
Christine Thurlow

SynopsisGiven any countably infinite set of isloated points on the ℷ -axis, it is shown that there is a continuous q(x) such that these points constitute exactly the point-continuous spectrum for the equation yn″(x) + (ℷ —q(x))y(x) = 0(0≦x<∞) with some homogenous boundary condition at x = 0. This extends a result given by Eastham and McLeod for countably infinite sets of isolated points on the positive ℷ-axis.


Author(s):  
K. J. Brown ◽  
I. M. Michael

SynopsisIn a recent paper, Jyoti Chaudhuri and W. N. Everitt linked the spectral properties of certain second order ordinary differential operators with the analytic properties of the solutions of the corresponding differential equations. This paper considers similar properties of the spectrum of the corresponding partial differential operators.


1988 ◽  
Vol 109 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 127-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Fiedler

SynopsisSufficient oscillation criteria of Nehari-type are established for the differential equation −uʺ(t) + q(t)u(t) = 0, 0<t<∞, with and without sign restrictions on q(t), respectively. These results are extended to Sturm-Liouville equations and elliptic differential equations of second order.In Section 7 we present conclusions for the lower spectrum of elliptic differential operators and also for the discreteness of the spectrum of certain ordinary differential operators of second order.


Author(s):  
Johann Schröder

SynopsisThis paper provides a survey on a class of methods to obtain sufficient conditions for the inversemonotonicity of second-order differential operators. Pointwise differential inequalities as well as weak differential inequalities are treated. In particular, the theory yields results on the relation between inverse-mo no tone operators and monotone definite operators, i.e. monotone operators in the Browder–Minty sense. This presentation is restricted to ordinary differential operators. Most methods explained here can also be applied to elliptic-parabolic partial differential operators in essentially the same way.


K. O. Friedrichs devised a technique for the qualitative analysis of the spectra of second order differential operators. It is shown that a modification of this technique can be used to obtain quantitative information regarding the distribution of eigenvalues of such operators. These calculations are easy to carry out and explicit examples demonstrate remarkable agreement with precise calculations.


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