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By means of a formal generalization of Temple's quotient a simple numerical procedure is developed for finding lower bounds of eigenvalues for self-adjoint equations.
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This work was supported, in part, by National Science Grant G. P. 24678.
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Leavitt, J.A. A generalization of Temple's quotient for Computing Bounds on Eigenvalues. Calcolo 8, 77–79 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02575575
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02575575