Degree of convergence of Birkhoff series, direct and inverse theorems (Q1340545)

The Birkhoff regular boundary eigenvalue problem on the interval [0,1] \[ y^{(n)} (x) + \sum^ n_{\nu = 2} f_ \nu (x) y^{(n - \nu)} (x) = \lambda y, \quad n \geq 1, \quad U_ \nu (y) = 0, \quad 1 \leq \nu \leq n, \tag{1} \] where \(U_ \nu\) are normalized two-point boundary conditions, is considered. Let function \(f(x)\) satisfy the boundary conditions of order zero and \(S_ m f(x)\) are the partial sum of its generalized eigenfunction expansion arising from the problem (1). The authors estimate the remainder of the function \(f(x)\) and \(S_ m(x)\) uniformly on [0,1] if \(f(x)\) has bounded variation or is continuous or satisfies a Lipschitz condition.