An estimate of the first eigenvalue in a multi-point boundary value problem

Linear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B05) Nonlocal and multipoint boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B10) Eigenvalues, estimation of eigenvalues, upper and lower bounds of ordinary differential operators (34L15)

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The author has obtained lower and upper bounds for the first eigenvalue \(\lambda_1\) of the multipoint boundary value problem \[ \begin{aligned} &y^{(n)}+\lambda p(x)y=0,\quad n>1,\;a\leq x\leq b,\\ &y(x_i)=y'(x_i)=\dots=y^{(r_i-1)}(x_i)=0,\\ &i=1,\dots,s,\;x_i<x_j\text{ for }i<j,\;x_1=s, x_s=b,\\ &r_1+\dots+r_s=n,\;r_i\geq1,\end{aligned} \] under the assumption that \(\int_a^b| p(x)|^\alpha dx=1,\;\alpha\neq0\), where \(p\in C([a,b],\mathbb{R}),\) \(-\infty<a<b<\infty\) and \(\alpha\) is a given real number. Following results are obtained: Theorem 1: If \(0<\alpha<1/n\) then \(\lambda_1\leq C\), where \(C\) is a constant independent of \(p(x)\) but depends on \(\alpha, n, b-a\) and the numbers \(x_{i+1}-x_i\), \(i=1,\dots,s-1\). Theorem 2: If \(\int_a^b| p(x)| dx\leq1\), then \(\lambda_1\geq C\), where \(C\) is a constant which depends on \(n\) and \(b-a\).

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