Eigenvalue comparisons for differential equations on a measure chain

Electronic Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 1998, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-7

  Chyan, Chuan Jen ^a   Davis, John M ^b   Henderson, Johnny ^b   Yin, William K C ^c  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAGRANGE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue problem; Measure chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002375045     PISSN: 10726691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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