Norm eigenvalue bounds for some weighted Sturm-Liouville problems (Q4357522)

The authors study the eigenvalues \(\lambda_0 <\lambda_1 <\dots\) of the Sturm-Liouville problem \[ Ly:= -(py')'+ qy= \lambda wy, \quad a\leq x\leq b \] with the boundary conditions \[ (\cos \alpha)y(a)- (\sin\alpha) (py')(a)= 0,\;0\leq \alpha <\pi \] and \[ (\cos \beta)y(b) -(\sin\beta) (py')(b) =0,\;0<\beta \leq\pi, \] where \(p,0,w\) are real masurable functions on the final interval \([a,b]\) such that \(p,w>0\) on \((a,b)\) and \(p^{-1},q,w\) are Lebesgue integrable on \([a,b]\). They observe that under these conditions the solutions to the above problem have the same fundamental properties as in the case of a conventional problem with continuous coefficients. They obtain several lower and upper bounds for the \(n\)-th eigenvalue \(\lambda_n\) in terms of the integrals of the coefficients \(p,q\) and \(w\) and they pay also attention to the particular important cases specified by \(\{\alpha=0,\;\beta= \pi\}\), \(q=0\) and \(\{\alpha= \beta= {\pi\over 2})\) respectively. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0864.00057].