Eigenvalue asymptotics for a star-graph damped vibrations problem

Abstract

We consider a boundary value problem generated by Sturm–Liouville equations on the edges of a star-shaped graph. Thereby a continuity condition and a condition depending on the spectral parameter is imposed at the interior vertex, corresponding to the case of damping in the problem of small transversal vibrations of a star graph of smooth inhomogeneous strings. At the pendant vertices Dirichlet boundary conditions are imposed. We describe the eigenvalue asymptotics of the problem under consideration.