We apply the results of the previous chapter to the classical Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem, showing that the eigenfunctions form a complete orthonormal basis for L^2. We analyse properties of the solutions of such problems using the Wronskian determinant and define the Green's function that enables us to write an arbitrary solution of the inhomogeneous problem in terms of two particular solutions of the homogeneous problem.
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