Convergence of Hill's method for nonselfadjoint operators (1009.3908v1)
Abstract: By the introduction of a generalized Evans function defined by an appropriate 2-modified Fredholm determinant, we give a simple proof of convergence in location and multiplicity of Hill's method for numerical approximation of spectra of periodic-coefficient ordinary differential operators. Our results apply to operators of nondegenerate type, under the condition that the principal coefficient matrix be symmetric positive definite (automatically satisfied in the scalar case). Notably, this includes a large class of nonselfadjoint operators, which were previously not treated. The case of general coefficients depends on an interesting operator-theoretic question regarding properties of Toeplitz matrices.
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