Eigenvalue distributions of some non-isotropic degenerate elliptic operators (Q644548)

The paper deals with a degenerate positive-definite self-adjoint elliptic operator defined via a closable symmetric singular bilinear form by the expression \[ -\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial x_1^2}-\frac{\partial}{\partial x_2}b(x_2)\frac{\partial}{\partial x_2}\;\;(0<x_1, x_2<1) \] with some function \(b(x_2)\). The author considers the distribution of eigenvalues. The approach relies mainly on entropy numbers for Sobolev spaces with mixed integrability.