Electron. J. Diff. Eqns., Vol. 2005(2005), No. 120, pp. 1-17.

Sturm-Liouville operator with general boundary conditions

Ciprian G. Gal

Abstract:
We classify the general linear boundary conditions involving $u''$, $u'$ and $u$ on the boundary $\{a,b\}$ so that a Sturm-Liouville operator on $[a,b]$ has a unique self-adjoint extension on a suitable Hilbert space.

Submitted July 28, 2005. Published October 25, 2005.
Math Subject Classifications: 34B24, 34B25, 47E05.
Key Words: Sturm-Liouville operator; Wentzell boundary conditions; nonseparated and separated boundary conditions; symmetric operators.

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Ciprian G. Gal
Department of Mathematical Sciences
The University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152, USA
email: cgal@memphis.edu

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