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On the eigenvalue asymptotics for a nonselfadjoint elliptic problem involving an indefinite weight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

M. Faierman
M. Faierman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, WITS 2050, South Africa
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Abstract

We derive asymptotic formulae for the distribution functions of the real parts of the eigenvalues of an oblique derivative problem involving an indefinite weight function.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 125 , Issue 4 , 1995 , pp. 859 - 875
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1995

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