An oscillation theorem for discrete eigenvalue problems

Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1233-1260

  Bohner, Martin ^a   Došlý, Ondřej ^b   Kratz, Werner ^c  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrete systems; Eigenvalue problem; Hamiltonian; Oscillation; Symplectic

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442481871     PISSN: 00357596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1216/rmjm/1181075460     Document Type: Article

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