Linear Sturm-Liouville problems with Riemann-Stieltjes integral boundary conditions

Abstract

We study second-order linear Sturm-Liouville problems involving general homogeneous linear Riemann-Stieltjes integral boundary conditions. Conditions are obtained for the existence of a sequence of positive eigenvalues with consecutive zero counts of the eigenfunctions. Additionally, we find interlacing relationships between the eigenvalues of such Sturm-Liouville problems and those of Sturm-Liouville problems with certain two-point separated boundary conditions.

Keywords

• nodal solutions
• integral boundary value problems
• Sturm-Liouville problems
• eigenvalues
• matching method