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...

Eigenvalues in the essential spectrum of a weighted Sturm-Liouville operator are studied under the assumption that the weight function has one turning point. An abstract approach to the problem is given via a functional model for indefinite Sturm-Liouville operators. Algebraic multiplicities of eigenvalues are obtained. Also, operators with finite singular critical points are considered. MSC-cl...

In this paper, we study q-Sturm-Liouville operators. We construct a space of boundary values of the minimal operator and describe all maximal dissipative, maximal accretive, self-adjoint and other extensions of q-Sturm-Liouville operators in terms of boundary conditions. Then we prove a theorem on completeness of the system of eigenfunctions and associated functions of dissipative operators by ...

This paper constructs the small-gain theorem upon a general class of Sturm-Liouville systems. It appears that the feedback connection of two Sturm-Liouville sub-systems is guaranteed of well-posedness, Hurwitz, dissipativity and passivity in L2-spaces provided the loop gain is less than 1. To construct the theorem, spatiotemporal transfer-function and geometrical isomorphism between the space-t...

Eigenvalues in the essential spectrum of a weighted Sturm-Liouville operator are studied under the assumption that the weight function has one turning point. An abstract approach to the problem is given via a functional model for indefinite Sturm-Liouville operators. Algebraic multiplicities of eigenvalues are obtained. Also, operators with finite singular critical points are considered. MSC-cl...

We present a new necessary condition for similarity of indefinite Sturm-Liouville operators to self-adjoint operators. This condition is formulated in terms of Weyl-Titchmarsh m-functions. Also we obtain necessary conditions for regularity of the critical points 0 and∞ of J-nonnegative Sturm-Liouville operators. Using this result, we construct several examples of operators with the singular cri...

The inverse Sturm-Liouville problem finds its applications in the identification of mechanical properties and/or geometrical configurations of a vibrating continuous medium; however, this problem is hard to solve, either theoretically or numerically. Previously, Liu (2008a) has constructed a Lie-group shooting method to determine the eigenvalues, and the corresponding eigenfunctions, for the di...

Consider the minimal Sturm-Liouville operator A = Amin generated by the differential expression

We prove a Filippov-Gronwall type inequality for solutions of a nonconvex secondorder differential inclusion of Sturm-Liouville type.