Ordinary differential equations and operators : a tribute to F.V. Atkinson : proceedings of a symposium held at Dundee, Scotland, March-July, 1982 / W.N. Everitt and R.T. Lewis

Contents: Calvin D. Ahlbrandt, Don B. Hinton and Roger T. Lewis, Inversion in the unit sphere for powers of the Laplacian (pp. 1–8); John V. Baxley, Nonlinear second-order boundary value problems: an existence-uniqueness theorem of S. N. Bernstein (pp. 9–16); Paul Binding and Patrick J. Browne, A definiteness result for determinantal operators (pp. 17–30); C. Bennewitz and W. N. Everitt, On second-order left-definite boundary value problems (pp. 31–67); Richard C. Brown, A von Neumann factorization of some selfadjoint extensions of positive symmetric differential operators and its application to inequalities (pp. 68–92); L. Collatz, Inclusion theorems for solutions of differential equations with aid of pointwise or vector monotonicity (pp. 93–109); M. S. P. Eastham, The Liouville-Green asymptotic theory for second-order differential equations: a new approach and some extensions (pp. 110–122); W. D. Evans, R. T. Lewis and A. Zettl, Nonselfadjoint operators and their essential spectra (pp. 123–160); W. N. Everitt and F. Neuman, A concept of adjointness and symmetry of differential expressions based on the generalised Lagrange identity and Green's formula (pp. 161–169); W. N. Everitt and S. D. Wray, On quadratic integral inequalities associated with second-order symmetric differential expressions (pp. 170–223); A. M. Fink and Takasi Kusano, Nonoscillation theorems for differential equations with general deviating arguments (pp. 224–239); Charles T. Fulton and Allan M. Krall, Selfadjoint 4th order boundary value problem in the limit-4 case (pp. 240–256); Robert M. Kauffman, Factorization and the Friedrichs extension for ordinary differential operators (pp. 257–266); Ian Knowles, Eigenvalue problems and the Riemann zeta function. II (pp. 267–297); K. Kreith and C. A. Swanson, Boundedness criteria for hyperbolic characteristic initial value problems (pp. 298–310); Man Kam Kwong, Matrix Riccati inequality and oscillation of second-order differential systems (pp. 311–327); Man Kam Kwong and A. Zettl, A new approach to second order linear oscillation theory (pp. 328–345); N. G. Lloyd, Small amplitude limit cycles of polynomial differential equations (pp. 346–357); Jack W. Macki, Regular growth and zero-tending solutions (pp. 358–374); Angelo B. Mingarelli, Asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues of nondefinite Sturm-Liouville problems (pp. 375–383); Angelo B. Mingarelli, Some remarks on the order of an entire function associated with a second-order differential equation (pp. 384–389); J. W. Neuberger, Steepest descent for general systems of linear differential equations in Hilbert space (pp. 390–406); Thomas T. Read, On the spectral theory of some nonsymmetric second-order differential operators (pp. 407–426); R. Saxton, The Cauchy and backward-Cauchy problem for a nonlinearly hyperelastic/viscoelastic infinite rod (pp. 427–448); B. D. Sleeman and P. D. Smith, Floquet theory for doubly-periodic differential equations and a number theory conjecture (pp. 449–501); Chin Chu Tung [Jin Zhu Dong], Poincare's type of equations in the study of limit cycles (pp. 502–508); Johann Walter, Das Gesetz von Maxwell-Clausius in der phaenomeno logischen Thermodynamik [The Maxwell-Clausius law in phenomenological thermodynamics] (pp. 509–521).