An indefinite convection-diffusion operator with real spectrum

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-283

  Weir, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue; Fluid mechanics; Heun's equation; Non self adjoint; Spectrum; Sturm Liouville

Indexed keywords

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS;

EIGENVALUE; HEUN'S EQUATION; NON-SELF-ADJOINT; SPECTRUM; STURM-LIOUVILLE;

MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

EID: 56949103267     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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