Abstract: | Abstract We give a linear symmetric differential operator L defined by in the 2π-periodic function space, and study the inverse-definiteness property of L. We obtain a complete result about the inverse-definiteness property of L with real constants a and b when b 2-4a > 0 and a - bk 2 + k 4 ≠ 0 for any k ∈? {1, 2, 3, . . . }. Supported by GNAFACNR and the Natural Science Foundation of China and Jiangsu Provincial Education Commission |