We extend the idea of Jodeit and Levitan [3] for constructing isospectral problems of the classical scalar Sturm-Liouville differential equations to the vectorial Sturm-Liouville differential equations. Some interesting relations are found.

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Abstract: In this paper, we present a novel method for computation of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for a class of singular Sturm-Liouville boundary value problems using modified Adomian decomposition method. The proposed method can be applied to any type of regular as well as singular Sturm-Liouville problems. This current method is capable of finding any n-th eigenvalues and eigenfunctions o...

We nd the adjoint of the Askey-Wilson divided di erence operator with respect to the inner product on L 2 ( 1; 1; (1 x 2 ) 1=2 dx) de ned as a Cauchy principal value and show that the Askey-Wilson polynomials are solutions of a q-Sturm-Liouville problem. From these facts we deduce various properties of the polynomials in a simple and straightforward way. We also provide an operator theoretic de...

The measure algebras of the title are those which are also hypergroups with some regularity conditions, Examples include the convolutions associated with Jacobi polynomial series and Fourier Bessel series, It is shown here that there is a one-to-one correspondence between these hypergroups and a class of Sturm-Liouville problems which have the characters of the hypergroup as eigenfunctions, The...

We consider the structure of the solution set of a nonlinear SturmLiouville boundary value problem defined on a general time scale. Using global bifurcation theory we show that unbounded continua of non-trivial solutions bifurcate from the trivial solution at the eigenvalues of the linearization, and we show that certain nodal properties of the solutions are preserved along these continua. Thes...

We consider the fourth order boundary value problem (ry′′)′′+(py′)′+ qy = λwy, y(a) = y′(a) = y(b) = y′(b) = 0, which is used in a variety of physical models. For such models, the extremal values of the smallest eigenvalue help answer certain optimization problems, such as maximizing the fundamental frequency of a vibrating elastic system or finding the tallest column that will not buckle under...