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2013 Spectrum of Discrete Second-Order Neumann Boundary Value Problems with Sign-Changing Weight
Ruyun Ma, Chenghua Gao, Yanqiong Lu
Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2013: 1-10 (2013). DOI: 10.1155/2013/280508
Abstract

We study the spectrum structure of discrete second-order Neumann boundary value problems (NBVPs) with sign-changing weight. We apply the properties of characteristic determinant of the NBVPs to show that the spectrum consists of real and simple eigenvalues; the number of positive eigenvalues is equal to the number of positive elements in the weight function, and the number of negative eigenvalues is equal to the number of negative elements in the weight function. We also show that the eigenfunction corresponding to the j th positive/negative eigenvalue changes its sign exactly j - 1 times.

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Ruyun Ma, Chenghua Gao, and Yanqiong Lu "Spectrum of Discrete Second-Order Neumann Boundary Value Problems with Sign-Changing Weight," Abstract and Applied Analysis 2013(none), 1-10, (2013). https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/280508
Published: 2013
Vol.2013 • 2013
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