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A concept of adjointness and symmetry of differential expressions based on the generalised Lagrange identity and Green's formula

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Everitt, W.N., Neuman, F. (1983). A concept of adjointness and symmetry of differential expressions based on the generalised Lagrange identity and Green's formula. In: Everitt, W.N., Lewis, R.T. (eds) Ordinary Differential Equations and Operators. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1032. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0076797

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