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Sturm-Liouville form
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English
Etymology
Named after Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803–1855) and Joseph Liouville (1809–1882).
Noun
Sturm-Liouville form
en math the form of a real differential equation expressed as:
for given coefficient functions p(x), q(x), and w(x), an unknown function y = y(x) of the free variable x, and an unknown constant λ.