The Friedrichs extension of certain singular differential operators, II

G. M. Ballard, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A.
J. V. Baxley, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A.

E. J. Qualitative Theory of Diff. Equ., Spec. Ed. I, 2009 No. 5., pp. 1-11.

Communicated by P. Eloe.Received on 2009-06-29
Appeared on 2009-10-01

Abstract: We study the Friedrichs extension for a class of $2n$th order ordinary differential operators. These selfadjoint operators have compact inverses and the central problem is to describe their domains in terms of boundary conditions.


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