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A construction of symmetric differential expressions with non-empty essential spectrum*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Bernd Schultze
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Universität-GHS Essen, Postfach 103764, 4300 Essen 1, West Germany

Synopsis

A simple method is given for the construction of real symmetric differential expressions that are not in the limit-point case but have the real half-line as essential spectrum.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1987

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