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Deficiency indices of an odd-order differential operator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

R. B. Paris  and
A. D. Wood
R. B. Paris
Affiliation:
Association Euratom – C.E.A., Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires, 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
A. D. Wood
Affiliation:
National Institute for Higher Education, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland
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Synopsis

We obtain asymptotic solutions of odd-order formally self-adjoint differential equations with power coefficients and discuss possible values for the deficiency indices of the associated operators.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 97 , 1984 , pp. 223 - 231
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1984

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