Asymptotics for Solutions of Linear Differential Equations Having Turning Points with Applications

Download or read book Asymptotics for Solutions of Linear Differential Equations Having Turning Points with Applications written by Shlomo Strelitz and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asymptotics are built for the solutions $y_j(x, \lambda)$, $y_j DEGREES{(k)}(0, \lambda)=\delta_{j\, n-k}$, $0\le j, k+1\le n$ of the equation $L(y)=\lambda p(x)y, \quad x\in [0,1], $ where $L(y)$ is a linear differential operator of whatever order $n\ge 2$ and $p(x)$ is assumed to possess a finite number of turning points. The established asymptotics are afterwards applied to the study of: 1) the existence of infinite eigenvalue sequences for various multipoint boundary problems posed on $L(y)=\lambda p(x)y, \quad x\in [0,1], $, especially as $n=2$ and $n=3$ (let us be aware that the same method can be successfully applied on many occasions in case $n>3$ too) and 2) asymptotical distribution of the corresponding eigenvalue sequences on the