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Quadratic eigenvalue problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

A.S. Jones
A.S. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD. 4067
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Abstract

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A class of problems in forced convection give rise to quadratic eigenvalue problems. In this paper it is shown that the eigenvalues are necessarily real. The extension of this result to a wider class of problems is also discussed.

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Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 273 - 275
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1988

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