Sixth-order Birkhoff regular problems

Abstract

Asymptotics of the eigenvalues can always be derived for self-adjoint boundary value problems. However, they can also be derived for boundary value problems that fail to be self-adjoint provided that they are Birkhoff regular. A regular sixth-order differential equation that depends quadratically on the eigenvalue parameter $\lambda$ is considered with classes of separable boundary conditions independent of $\lambda$ or depending linearly on $\lambda$. Conditions are given for the problems to be Birkhoff regular.

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