The Sturm--Liouville problem with singular potential and the extrema of the first eigenvalue

Abstract

On the basis of the theory of Sturm--Liouville problem with distribution coefficients we get the infima and suprema of the first eigenvalue of the problem $-y" + (q-\lambda) y=0, y'(0) -k_0^2 y(0) = y'(1) + k_1^2 y(1) = 0$, where $q$ belongs to the set of constant-sign summable functions on $[0,1]$ such that $\int_0^1 q dx=\pm 1$.