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Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Volume 282, Issue 2, 15 June 2003, Pages 584-602
 
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doi:10.1016/S0022-247X(03)00189-6    How to Cite or Link Using DOI (Opens New Window)
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Sturm–Liouville operators and their spectral functions

Seppo HassiE-mail The Corresponding Author, a, Manfred MöllerE-mail The Corresponding Author, b and Henk de SnooCorresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, c

a Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vaasa, PO Box 700, 65101, Vaasa, Finland b School of Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa c Department of Mathematics, University of Groningen, Postbus 800, 9700 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 8 April 2002. 
Available online 25 May 2003.

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Abstract

Assume that the differential operator −DpD+q in L2(0,∞) has 0 as a regular point and that the limit-point case prevails at ∞. If p≡1 and q satisfies some smoothness conditions, it was proved by Gelfand and Levitan that the spectral functions σ(t) for the Sturm–Liouville operator corresponding to the boundary conditions (pu′)(0)=τu(0), Image , satisfy the integrability condition Image . The boundary condition u(0)=0 is exceptional, since the corresponding spectral function does not satisfy such an integrability condition. In fact, this situation gives an example of a differential operator for which one can construct an analog of the Friedrichs extension, even though the underlying minimal operator is not semibounded. In the present paper it is shown with simple arguments and under mild conditions on the coefficients p and q, including the case p≡1, that there exists an analog of the Friedrichs extension for nonsemibounded second order differential operators of the form −DpD+q by establishing the above mentioned integrability conditions for the underlying spectral functions.

Author Keywords: Sturm–Liouville operator; Titchmarsh–Weyl coefficient; Symmetric operator; Self-adjoint extension; Spectral function; Generalized Friedrichs extension


 
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