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Biorthogonal sequences of solutions of the generalized feller equation

Authors :
Siegfried H. Lehnigk
G. F. Roach
Source :
Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences. 4:317-353
Publication Year :
1982
Publisher :
Wiley, 1982.

Abstract

The generalized Feller equation is a linear, autonomous, parabolic equation of a positive space variable and a time variable. Its coefficients are power functions of the space variable, and they depend on four parameters. In general, the equation is singular at the origin and at infinity. It contains as special cases the special Feller equation, the Kepinski equation, and the standard heat equation. The main objective of the present paper is to establish series expansions of solutions of the generalized Feller equation in terms of the elements of two sequences of particular solutions. The elements of one of these sequences are particular initial condition solutions. The two sequences are biorthogonal. The main result is that a solution does have the desired expansion property if and only if it has the Huygens property in some neighborhood of the origin of the time variable.

Details

ISSN :
01704214
Volume :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
Accession number :
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