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We investigate spectrum and asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues of certain singular Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems on the half-line having a weight function that changes sign.
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Schröder, M. On the asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues of singular Sturm-Liouville problems with an indefinite weight function. Results. Math. 32, 338–351 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03322145
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