SynopsisWe give a new perturbation theorem for symmetric differential expressions (relatively bounded perturbations, with relative bound 1) and prove with this theorem a new limit-point criterion generalizing earlier results of Schultze. We also obtain some new results in the fourth-order case.
SynopsisA perturbation theorem for symmetric differential expressions is given and applied to even-order expressions. We assume the coefficients p0(t), pn(t) to be eventually positive and to have real powers of t as dominating terms. Then we are able to admit for the absolute values of the other coefficients a rate of growth depending on the growth of both of the coefficients p0, pn in order to obtain minimal deficiency indices.
SynopsisThe deficiency indices (mean deficiency index) and the essential spectrum for a class of odd order ordinary differential expressions are determined. The considered expressions are relatively bounded or relatively compact perturbations of symmetric expressions with odd order terms having as coefficients real powers of the independent variable.
SynopsisIn this paper we show that for the whole class of differential expressions in the limit-point case considered by Kauffman in [2], the perturbation theory yields a limit-point criterion for a much wider class of ordinary differential expressions. More general coefficients are admitted which may be eventually negative provided they are “dominated” by some other positive coefficients. This generalises results in [4], [5] and [6].
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