1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Masaryk University, Kotlá?ská 2, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic;2. Universität Ulm, Institut für Angewandte Analysis, D–89069 Ulm, Germany
Abstract:
We establish a Sturmian type theorem comparing the number of focal points of any conjoined basis of a nonoscillatory linear Hamiltonian differential system with the number of focal points of the principal solution. We also present various extensions of this statement.