Linear Sturm–Liouville problems with general homogeneous linear multi‐point boundary conditions

Abstract

In this paper, we study second order linear Sturm–Liouville problems involving one or two homogeneous linear multi‐point boundary conditions in the most general form. We obtain conditions for the existence of a sequence of positive eigenvalues with consecutive zero counts of the eigenfunctions. Furthermore, we reveal the interlacing relations between the eigenvalues of such Sturm–Liouville problems and those of Sturm–Liouville problems with certain two‐point separated boundary conditions.