The Oscillation Numbers and the Abramov Method of Spectral Counting for Linear Hamiltonian Systems

Abstract

In this paper we consider linear Hamiltonian differential systems which depend in general nonlinearly on the spectral parameter and with Dirichlet boundary conditions. For the Hamiltonian problems we do not assume any controllability and strict normality assumptions which guarantee that the classical eigenvalues of the problems are isolated. We also omit the Legendre condition for their Hamiltonians. We show that the Abramov method of spectral counting can be modified for the more general case of finite eigenvalues of the Hamiltonian problems and then the constructive ideas of the Abramov method can be used for stable calculations of the oscillation numbers and finite eigenvalues of the Hamiltonian problems.