Asymptotic equipartition of energy by nodal points of an eigenfunction
This paper deals with Sturm-Liouville problems \[ d{^2}u/dx{^2}+[\omega{^2}\rho(x)-V(x)]u=0 \] on a finite interval \((a,b)\) with \(u(a,\omega)=u(b,\omega)=0,\) where \(\rho(x)\) and \(V(x)\) satisfy certain conditions and \(\omega\) is the spectral parameter. The nodal points correspond to the zeros of \(u(x,\omega),\) and the authors consider the kinetic energy and the potential energy stored in a subinterval whose endpoints are any two successive nodal points. It is shown that for any eigenvalue \(\omega,\) each of such kinetic energies and potential energies is given by \((1/2)\omega A{^2}[1+O(1/\omega)]\) as \(\omega\to+\infty,\) where \(A\) is a constant independent of the subinterval and of the eigenvalue. A numerical example is provided.
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