We explore the role of a special class of optimization problems involving controlled Liouville equations. We present some new results on the controllability of the Liouville equation and discuss the optimal control of its moments for some important special cases. The problems treated suggest a new domain of applicability for optimal control, one which can include constraints more appropriate fo...

In this paper, we investigate infinite product representation of the solution of a Sturm- Liouville equation with an indefinite weight function which has two zeros and/or singularities in a finite interval. First, by using of the asymptotic estimates provided in [W. Eberhard, G. Freiling, K. Wilcken-Stoeber, Indefinite eigenvalue problems with several singular points and turning points, Math. N...

We describe a new algorithm to compute the eigenvalues of singular Sturm-Liouville problems with separated self-adjoint boundary conditions for both the limit-circle nonoscillatory and oscillatory cases. Also described is a numerical code implementing this algorithm and how it compares with SLEIGN. The latter is the only effective general purpose software available for the computation of the ei...

In this manuscript, a numerical technique is presented for finding the eigenvalues of the regular Sturm-Liouville problems. The Chebyshev cardinal functions are used to approximate the eigenvalues of a regular Sturm-Liouville problem with Dirichlet boundary conditions. These functions defined by the Chebyshev function of the first kind. By using the operational matrix of derivative the problem ...