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Sturm-Liouville theory : past and present

Werner O. Amrein (Editor), Andreas M. Hinz (Editor), D. B. Pearson
This collection of articles on Sturm-Liouville theory is based on lectures presented at the colloquium and workshop held in Geneva on the occasion of Sturm's 200th anniversary. A historical survey of the field is combined with in-depth coverage of later developments and contemporary research in this major area of modern mathematics and its applications. The authors are among the world's leading experts in this field
eBook, English, ©2005
Birkhäuser, Basel, ©2005
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1 online resource (xx, 335 pages)
9783764373597, 9783764370664, 3764373598, 3764370661
209872763
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Scientific Lectures given at the Sturm Colloquium; Introduction; Sturm's 1836 Oscillation Results Evolution of the Theory; Sturm Oscillation and Comparison Theorems; Charles Sturm and the Development of Sturm-Liouville Theory in the Years 1900 to 1950; Spectral Theory of Sturm-Liouville Operators. Approximation by Regular Problems; Spectral Theory of Sturm-Liouville Operators on Infinite Intervals: A Review of Recent Developments; Asymptotic Methods in the Spectral Analysis of Sturm Liouville Operators
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