Spectral properties of the Sturm–Liouville operator with a spectral parameter quadratically included in the boundary condition

The article considers the Sturm–Liouville operator with a real quadratically integrable potential. Boundary conditions are non-separated. One of these boundary conditions includes the quadratic function of the spectral parameter. Some spectral properties of the operator are studied. It is proves that eigenvalues are real and non-zero and there are no associated functions to the eigenfunctions. An asymptotic formula for the spectrum of the operator is derived, and a representation of the characteristic function as an infinite product is obtained. The results of the paper play an important role in solving inverse problems of spectral analysis for differential operators.