A successive substitution procedure for eigenvalue approximation (Q1097657)

The author considers an approximating procedure for the eigenvalues of linear boundary value problems of second order differential equation. His idea is that the problem is transformed into an equivalent integral equation of Volterra type with constraints corresponding to the given boundary condition. After showing the existence and the construction of the resolvent kernel for the integral equation, he suggests the approximating procedure as follows: apply successive substitution to the integral equation in order to generate a sequence of solution approximations, then use the constraints to obtain the desired eigenvalue estimates. Some simple examples are given as illustration of the procedure.