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Sturm--Liouville problems

A general self-adjoint second-order form with real eigenvalues and orthogonal eigenfunctions, giving expansions beyond plain sine and cosine series.

Notes on Diffy Qs: Differential Equations for Engineers, Sturm--Liouville problems

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Exercise 101

Find eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of

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Exercise 102

Put the following problems into the standard form for Sturm--Liouville problems, that is, find p(x)p(x), q(x)q(x), r(x)r(x), α1\alpha_1, α2\alpha_2, β1\beta_1, and β2\beta_2, and decide if the problems are regular or not.

  1. xy′′+λy=0x y'' + \lambda y = 0 for 0<x<10 < x < 1, y(0)=0y(0) = 0, y(1)=0y(1) = 0.
  2. (1+x2)y′′+2xy′+(λ−x2)y=0(1+x^2) y'' + 2xy' + (\lambda-x^2) y = 0 for −1<x<1-1 < x < 1, y(−1)=0y(-1) = 0, y(1)+y′(1)=0y(1)+y'(1) = 0.
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Adapted from Notes on Diffy Qs © 2008–2026 Jiří Lebl. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Notes on Diffy Qs: Differential Equations for Engineers. Imported at revision 658bcae.

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