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Limit-point criteria for polynomials in a non-oscillatory expression*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

T. T. Read
T. T. Read
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Dundee
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Synopsis

Several criteria are given for some or all polynomials in an expression M(y) = –(py′)′+qy which is non-oscillatory on (0, ∞) to be limit-point. One of these states that if M is non-oscillatory and , then every polynomial in M is limit-point.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , 1976 , pp. 13 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1976

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