Polynomials and the limit point condition
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Abstract:
An $n$th order, possibly nonselfadjoint, ordinary differential expression $L$ is said to be in the limit point condition if the maximal operator ${L_M}$ in ${L_2}[0,\infty )$ is an $n$-dimensional extension of the minimal operator ${L_0}$. If range ${L_0}$ is closed, this definition is equivalent to the assertion that nullity ${L_M} + \text {nullity} {({L^ + })_M} = n$, where ${L^ + }$ is the formal adjoint of $L$. It also implies that any operator $T$ such that ${L_0} \subseteq T \subseteq {L_M}$ is the restriction of ${L_M}$ to a set of functions described by a boundary condition at zero. In this paper, we discuss the question of when differential expressions involving complex polynomials in selfadjoint expressions are in the limit point condition.References
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- © Copyright 1975 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 201 (1975), 347-366
- MSC: Primary 47E05; Secondary 34B20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1975-0358438-7
- MathSciNet review: 0358438