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Location of focal points

Author(s): Gary D. Jones
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004), 1445-1447.
MSC (2000): Primary 34C10
Posted: September 12, 2003
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Abstract: The effect of various factorizations of a disconjugate linear operator on focal points is studied.


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Additional Information:

Gary D. Jones
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky 42037
Email: gary.jones@murraystate.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-03-07209-5
PII: S 0002-9939(03)07209-5
Keywords: Conjugate point, focal point, disconjugate differential operator
Received by editor(s): October 7, 2002
Received by editor(s) in revised form: January 9, 2003
Posted: September 12, 2003
Communicated by: Carmen C. Chicone
Copyright of article: Copyright 2003, American Mathematical Society


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