On the estimates of periodic eigenvalues of Sturm-Liouville operators with trigonometric polynomial potentials (Q2037726)

The paper deals with the operators \(T_k(q)\) for \(k=0,1\), generated in \(L_2[0,1]\) by the differential expression \(-y''+q(x)y\), and the boundary conditions \(y(1)=e^{i\pi k}y(0)\), \(y'(1)=e^{i\pi k}y'(0)\), (that is, periodic and antiperiodic boundary conditions). Here, the potential \(q(x)\) is a trigonometric polynomial given by \(q(x)=ae^{-2\pi imx}+b e^{2\pi imx}\), with \(m\in\mathbb{Z}\), \(a,b\in \mathbb{R}\) and \(ab>0\). The author gives numerical estimates for the small eigenvalues of the operators \(T_0(q)\) and \(T_1(q)\). Error estimations and a numerical example are also presented.