SYSTEMS-DISCONJUGACY OF A FOURTH-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION WITH A MIDDLE TERM

JAMEL BEN AMARA

Title	SYSTEMS-DISCONJUGACY OF A FOURTH-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION WITH A MIDDLE TERM
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2016
Authors	BEN AMARA, JAMEL
Secondary Title	Communications in Applied Analysis
Volume	20
Issue	1
Start Page	25
Pagination	12
Date Published	01/2016
Type of Work	scientific: mathematics
ISSN	1083-2564
AMS	99Z00
Abstract	Systems-conjugate points have been introduced and studied by John Barrett [3] in relation with the self-adjoint fourth order differential equation (r(x)y ′′) ′′ − (q(x)y ′ ) ′ = p(x)y, where r(x) > 0, p(x) > 0 and q ≡ 0. In this paper we extend some of his results to more general cases, when q(x) is free of any sign restrictions.
URL	http://www.acadsol.eu/en/articles/20/1/3.pdf
DOI	10.12732/caa.v20i1.3
Short Title	SYSTEMS-DISCONJUGACY
Alternate Journal	CAA
Refereed Designation	Refereed
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