Regular ordinary differential operators with involution (Q2304481)

The paper under review deals with the operators defined on a finite closed interval by differential expressions of the form \[L(y)=JP(y)+Q(y), \quad y=y(x), \quad x\in[-1,1],\] where \[P(y)=y^{(n)}(x)+\sum_{k=1}^{n} p_k (x)y^{(n-k)},\;\; Q(y)=y^{(m)}(x)+\sum_{k=1}^{m} q_k (x)y^{(m-k)};\] \(J\) is the involution operator \(Jy(x)=y(-x)\) and the coefficients \(p_k\) and \(q_k\) are measurable essentially bounded functions. The equivalent definitions of the regularity of boundary conditions for the operator \(L\) are given. In the case of regular boundary conditions, a basis property of the generalized eigenfunctions of the operator \(L\) is proven. It is worth noting that the proofs of main theorems are based on the techniques of perturbation theory of self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space.