Strong limit-point classification of singular Hamiltonian expressions
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Abstract:
Strong limit-point criteria for singular Hamiltonian differential expressions with complex coefficients are obtained. The main results are extensions of the previous results due to Everitt, Giertz, and Weidmann for scalar differential expressions.References
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Additional Information
- Jiangang Qi
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, People’s Republic of China
- Email: qwljg01@sohu.com
- Shaozhu Chen
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People’s Republic of China
- MR Author ID: 230820
- Email: szchen@sdu.edu.cn
- Received by editor(s): January 30, 2002
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: September 6, 2002, and September 15, 2002
- Published electronically: January 7, 2004
- Additional Notes: This project was supported by the NSF of China under Grant 10071043
- Communicated by: Carmen C. Chicone
- © Copyright 2004 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004), 1667-1674
- MSC (2000): Primary 34B20; Secondary 47B25
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07037-6
- MathSciNet review: 2051127