Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
839793 Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications 2014 10 Pages PDF
Abstract

This paper obtains the existence of unstable modes of the Rayleigh equation with smooth or piecewise smooth steady states. In the reasoning, we employ a crucial tool that displays the asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues of non-symmetric Sturm–Liouville operators. For flows with piecewise smooth velocity profiles, we propose a new framework for eigenvalue problems with interior singularities. Examples are presented to show the scope of our criteria.

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