Sign-Changing Points of Solutions of Homogeneous Sturm-Liouville Equations with Measure-Valued Coefficients

DOI10.1080/00036811.2021.1932835MaRDI QIDQ6328616arXivFDO

Authors Ahmed Ghatasheh, R. Weikard

Publication date 5 November 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear symmetric and selfadjoint operators (unbounded) (47B25) Sturm-Liouville theory (34B24) Linear relations (multivalued linear operators) (47A06)

Abstract: In this paper we investigate sign-changing points of nontrivial real-valued solutions of homogeneous Sturm-Liouville differential equations of the form $$, where $dalpha$ is a positive Borel measure supported everywhere on $(a,b)$ and $$ is a locally finite real Borel measure on $(a,b)$. Since solutions for such equations are functions of locally bounded variation, sign-changing points are the natural generalization of zeros. We prove that sign-changing points for each nontrivial real-valued solution are isolated in $(a,b)$. We also prove a Sturm-type separation theorem for two nontrivial linearly independent solutions, and conclude the paper by proving a Sturm-type comparison theorem for two differential equations with distinct potentials.

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