Eigenfunction expansions associated with one-dimensional periodic differential operators of order \(2n\) (Q2371574)

An explicit formula for spectral expansions in \(L^2(\mathbb R)\) generated by self-adjoint differential operators with periodic coefficients \[ L:=(-1)^n\frac{d^{2n}}{dx^{2n}}+\sum^{n-1}_{j=0}\frac{d^j} {dx^j}p_j(x)\frac{d^j}{dx^j},\quad p_j(x+\pi)=p_j(x),\;x\in\mathbb R \] has been established. Using the obtained expansion formula, an explicit formula for the spectral matrix has been derived. It is also shown that this matrix uniquely determines the coefficients of the operator \(L\).