A counterexample to a conjecture in linear second-order differential equations

A counterexample to a conjecture in linear second-order differential equations
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 86 (1982), 613-616

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1982-0674092-8

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The aim of the present paper is to give a simple counterexample to a conjecture [3] in linear second-order differential equations.

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