The spectrum of Hill's equation

Letq be an infinitely differentiable function of period 1. Then the spectrum of Hill's operatorQ=?d ²/dx ²+q(x) in the class of functions of period 2 is a discrete series - ∞<λ₀<λ₁≦λ₂<λ₃≦λ₄<...<λ_2i?1≦λ_2i ↑∞. Let the numer of simple eigenvalues be 2n+1<=∞. Borg [1] proved thatn=0 if and only ifq is constant. Hochstadt [21] proved thatn=1 if and only ifq=c+2p with a constantc and a Weierstrassian elliptic functionp. Lax [29] notes thatn=m if¹ q=4k ² K ² m(m+1)sn ²(2Kx,k). The present paper studies the casen<∞, continuing investigations of Borg [1], Buslaev and Faddeev [2], Dikii [3, 4], Flaschka [10], Gardneret al. [12], Gelfand [13], Gelfand and Levitan [14], Hochstadt [21], and Lax [28–30] in various directions. The content may be summed up in the statement thatq is an abelian function; in fact, from the present standpoint, the whole subject appears as a part of the classical function theory of the hyperelliptic irrationality \(\ell (\lambda ) = \sqrt { - (\lambda - \lambda _0 )(\lambda - \lambda _1 )...(\lambda - \lambda _{2n} )} .\) The casen=∞ requires the development of the theory of abelian and theta functions for infinite genus; this will be reported upon in another place. Some of the results have been obtained independently by Novikov [34], Dubrovin and Novikov [6] and A. R. Its and V. B. Matveev [22].     

Eigenvalue bounds for Hill's equation

For Hill's equation the lowest eigenvalue a₀ of the boundary value problem y(x + 1) = y(x) is considered. Introducing L_p norms of the function f (x), lower bounds for a₀ which depend only on this norm are derived for p = 1,2 and ∞ by solving a variational principle. For these lower bounds analytical expressions are obtained. The quality of the approximations thus obtained is discussed for Mathieu's equation and an application in magnetohydrodynamics is considered.     

Some inverse results for Hill's equation

We consider Hill's equation y″+(λ−q)y=0 where q∈L¹[0,π]. We show that if l_n—the length of the n-th instability interval—is of order O(n^−(k+2)) then the real Fourier coefficients a_n^k,b_n^k of q^(k)—k-th derivative of q—are of order O(n⁻²), which implies that q^(k) is absolutely continuous almost everywhere for k=0,1,2,….     

On Hill's Bipotential

A new formulation of the constitutive law of materials based on the concept of bipotential was introduced by de Saxcé. This concept is able to describe non-associated laws and to suggest robust numerical algorithms. Materials that admit a bipotential to model their behaviour constitute the class of Implicit Standard Materials (ISM). This class contains, as a sub-class, the Generalized Standard Materials (GSM). In this paper, we present a bipotential expressing the coaxiality of two tensors with preservation of the order of the eigenvalues. We call it Hill's bipotential. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Two methods of constructing asymptotes for Hill's equation

The asymptotic solution of a particular form of Hill's equation in the neighborhood of the transition curves is found on the basis of a method proposed by Nayfeh. The same differential equation is then solved by the method of averaging, using corrections of up to fourth degree. The second method is shown to give the same asymptote.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 142–145, January, 1992.     

Oscillation and nonoscillation of Hill's equation with periodic damping

We prove new results on the oscillation and nonoscillation of the Hill's equation with periodic damping:

y″+p(t)y′+q(t)y=0,t?0,