Suppose f is a sufficiently well-behaved function (say, smooth function with compact support) defined on the set of real numbers, and define
T(f) = \integal _{-\infty}^x y f(y) dy
What are the eigenvalues for T ?
Which eigenvalues lead to square-integrable functions?
I tried differentiating both sides of
T(f) = cf
and obtained a differential equation
cf'(x) - x f(x) = 0,
equivalently, f'/f = x/c
provided c is not 0, in which case f will have the form
Ke^{x^2/2c}
I'm not terribly sure how to obtain the eigenvalues directly, though.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Cheers,
K. H.