Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 1 13A a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
The Lagrange identity for this Sturm-Liouville theory operator isIntegrating from zero to one, the boundary term vanishes because both and vanish at both endpoints. Since and , it follows thatThis is the solvability condition at a Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue.