## Acta Mathematica

### Higher monotonicity properties of certain Sturm-Liouville functions

#### Note

Some of this work was done a few years ago when the first-named author received partial support from the (U.S.) National Science Foundation through Research Grant NSF G-3663 to Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas. Its completion was facilitated by a grant from the University of Alberta General Research Fund. Both authors thank Professor Gabor Szegö for his interest and encouragement.

#### Article information

Source
Acta Math. Volume 109 (1963), 55-73.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 31 January 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.acta/1485889327

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1007/BF02391809

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0113.27704

Rights
1963 © Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri

#### Citation

Lorch, Lee; Szego, Peter. Higher monotonicity properties of certain Sturm-Liouville functions. Acta Math. 109 (1963), 55--73. doi:10.1007/BF02391809. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.acta/1485889327

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