Real-parameter square-integrable solutions and the spectrum of differential operators (Q624635)

In this paper, the connection between the spectrum of selfadjoint ordinary differential operators with arbitrary deficiency index \(d\) and the number of linearly independent square-integrable solutions for real values of the spectral parameter \(\lambda \) is investigated. Based on a new characterization of selfadjoint domains and on the limit-point (LP) and limit-circle (LC) solutions established in an earlier paper, the authors show that there is no continuous spectrum in \(I\) if there are \(d\) linearly independent square-integrable solutions for all \(\lambda \) in an open interval \(I\). The results proposed in this paper are new and extend, improve and unify the corresponding results in this field.