Binomial asymptotics of the spectrum of a boundary-value problem (Q1070118)

Consider the elliptic boundary value problem of order 2m: \[ (*)\quad Au(x)=\lambda u(x)\quad on\quad \Omega \subseteq {\mathbb{R}}^ n,\quad Bj u(x)=0\quad on\quad \Gamma =\partial \Omega. \] Suppose (*) is self- adjoint, semi bounded below and let N(\(\lambda)\) be the distribution function of (*). In this paper the author extends previous results of V. Y. Ivrii: \[ N(\lambda)=\gamma \lambda^{n/2m}+O(\lambda^{(n- 1)/2m});\quad \lambda \to +\infty \] where \(\gamma\) is the usual constant. Furthermore under a condition on the Hamiltonian flow for the symbol of A he proves \[ N(\lambda)=\gamma \lambda^{n/2m}+o(\lambda^{(n- 1)/2m});\quad \lambda \to +\infty. \]