Numerial solution of non-self-adjoint Sturm-Liouville problems and related systems

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1800-1845

  Greenberg, Leon ^a   Marletta, Marco ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argument principle; Asymptotics; Compound matrix method; Contour integral; Eigenvalue; Non self adjoint; Shooting; Sturm Liouville

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034580601     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142999358743     Document Type: Article

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