Spectral properties of differential operators of order \(2N\) (Q1889714)

Sufficient conditions on \(q_{1}\) and \(q_{2}\) are given in order to obtain asymptotic formulas for the \(2n\) solutions of the equation \[ ly \equiv {(-1)^{n}y^{(2n)}+ (q_{1}(x)+q_{2}(x))y} = \lambda y, \] with \(q_{1}\in C^{2}(0,\infty)\), \(q_{2}\in C(0,\infty)\), \(\operatorname{Im}\lambda \not=0\). As a consequence, the deficiency indices of the minimal symmetric operator generated by \(l\) in \(L^{2}(0,\infty)\) are obtained. The results are new in case that \(q_{2}\) is not identically zero.