Unconditional bases related to a nonclassical second-order differential operator (Q610314)

One introduces the notion of regular boundary conditions for the second order differential equation with deviating argument \[ -u''(x) = \rho^{2}u(-x)\text{ on }L^{2}(-1,1) \] and a corresponding system of root functions is defined. One proves that the system of root functions is an unconditional basis in \(L^{2}(-1,1)\). The main idea of proof is to reduce the problem to the case of a fourth order ordinary differential equation with strongly regular (in Birkhoff's sense) boundary conditions.