On many-point spectral boundary value problems (Q5951135)

The growing role of the non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in physics is paralleled by a perceivable intensification of their rigorous studies. This represents a strong motivation for the study of the Laplace operator on a finite interval with a Dirichlet boundary condition at the mere left end. In the paper, this operator is made nonselfadjoint via the generalized right-end boundary condition, complementing its usual mixed form by a strongly nonlocal term. For the resulting Bizadze-Samarskii (or generalized Samarskii-Ionkin) solutions (forming a bi-orthogonal basis in the corresponding Hilbert space), the author proves a bound on the norms and (sizes of) eigenvalues. An appeal of this result stems from the fact that the \(m\)-plet of internal points must be assumed rational. Otherwise, the estimate is shown to cease to be valid. The author also outlines a few further improvements of his estimate in the rational cases.