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 More options Oct 6, 8:21 pm
Newsgroups: sci.math
From: "k.hofmann" <boqui...@nospam.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:21:46 EDT
Local: Mon, Oct 6 2008 8:21 pm
Subject: -- Eigenvalue problem for sufficiently behaved functions
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.


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