Two Parameter Asymptotic Spectra in the Uniformly Elliptic Case

In this article we study the abstract two parameter eigenvalue problem $$\begin{gathered} T_1 u_1 = \left( {\lambda _1 V_{11} + \lambda _2 V_{12} } \right)u_1 , \left\| {u_1 } \right\| = 1 \hfill \\ T_2 u_2 = \left( {\lambda _1 V_{21} + \lambda _2 V_{22} } \right)u_2 , \left\| {u_2 } \right\| = 1 \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ where, in the Hilbert spaces H_j, T_j is self-adjoint, bounded below and has compact resolvent, and V_jk are self-adjoint bounded operators, (?1)^j+kV_jk >> 0, j, k = 1, 2. An eigenvalue λ for this problem is a point in R² satisfying both equations. Under appropriate conditions, the eigenvalues λⁿ = (λ₁ ⁿ, λ₂ ⁿ) are countable and in R². We aim to describe the set of limit points of λⁿ/∥λⁿ∥, as ∥λⁿ∥ → ∞, in terms of the V_jk.