A limit-point criterion for 2n-th order symmetric differential expressions

Abstract

SynopsisA perturbation theorem for symmetric differential expressions is given and applied to even-order expressions. We assume the coefficients p0(t), pn(t) to be eventually positive and to have real powers of t as dominating terms. Then we are able to admit for the absolute values of the other coefficients a rate of growth depending on the growth of both of the coefficients p0, pn in order to obtain minimal deficiency indices.