The finite spectrum of Sturm-Liouville problems with transmission conditions and eigenparameter-dependent boundary conditions (Q351102)

The authors study a Sturm-Liouville equation of the form \[ -(py')'+qy=\lambda wy\text{ for } x\in (a,c)\cup(c,b), \] where \(c\in(a,b)\), \(-\infty<a<b<+\infty\), under eigenparameter-dependent boundary conditions and transmission conditions. For any positive integers \(m\) and \(n\), the authors construct a class of problems which have at most \(m+n+4\) eigenvalues.