Oscillation criteria for self-adjoint differential systems

Reid, William T.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1961-0133518-X

Oscillation criteria for self-adjoint differential systems
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by William T. Reid

Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 101 (1961), 91-106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1961-0133518-X

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