Abstract:
The behaviour of solutions of the equation $y''+\lambda\rho(x,\lambda)y=0$ with respect to the spectral
parameter $\lambda$ is investigated under the assumption that the function $\rho(x,\lambda)$ does not satisfy the classical conditions. Two types of equations are considered: the Sturm-Liouville equation
$y''+\lambda\rho(x)y=0$, whose solutions grow like $c(\rho)\lambda^m$ in the norm of $C[0,l]$ (where $m>0$ is arbitrary), and equations of the form $y''+\lambda\rho(x,\lambda)y=0$,
$\lim_{\lambda\to+\infty}\rho(x,\lambda)=1$, whose solutions can grow like $c\lambda^m$ in the norm of
$C[0,l]$ (where $m>0$ is arbitrary) and even like $\exp\{m\lambda^{1-\gamma}\}$ where
$0<\gamma<1$.
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Keywords:Sturm-Liouville problem, eigenfunctions, nonclassical estimates for eigenfunctions, Cauchy problem.