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A fourth order limit-3 expression with nonempty essential spectrum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Bernd Schultze
Affiliation:
Fachbereich 6, Mathematik, Universität GH Essen, Universitätsstr 3, 4300 Essen, F.R.G.

Synopsis

It is shown that even in the fourth order case there exist real symmetric ordinary differential expressions with nonempty essential spectrum which are not in the limit-point case.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1987

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