scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1055456

Publication date 1 September 1997

adjoint differential equation continuous complex-valued coefficients correlated solutions linear ODE

Linear ordinary differential equations and systems (34A30) General (adjoints, conjugates, products, inverses, domains, ranges, etc.) (47A05)

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The author considers the linear differential equation \(\ell(y)= y^{(n)}+ p_2(x) y^{(n-2)} +\cdots +p_n(x)y=0\) with continuous complex-valued coefficients \(p_j(x)\) on the interval \([a,b]\). The \((h-1)\)th order determinant \(\widetilde y\) formed from its linearly independent solutions \(y_i(x)\) \((j=1,\dots,n-1)\) and all their derivatives up to the \((n-2)\)th order is proved to be a solution of the conventional adjoint differential equation \[ (-1)^n \widetilde \ell(\widetilde y)= \widetilde y^{(n)} +\bigl(p_2 (x)\widetilde y\bigr)^{(n-2)} +\cdots +(-1)^n p_n(x)\widetilde y. \] Obviously, the related determinant from the solutions of the adjoint equation is a solution of the original differential equation.

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