References

  1. Differential Equations Case: ISBN 3-05-501656-4, Quadratic Functionals in Variational Analysis and Control Theory (by Werner Kratz), Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 1995. Note: All the "continuous" results I talked about are contained in this book.
  2. Difference Equations Case: ISBN 0-7923-4277-1, Discrete Hamiltonian Systems: Difference Equations, Continued Fractions, and Riccati Equations (by Calvin Ahlbrandt and Allan Peterson), Kluwer, Boston, 1996. Note: The discrete oscillation results I talked about are not in this book. However, Chapter 8 is on my dissertation, and in particular the definition of focal points for matrix-valued sequences is in there.
  3. Dynamic Equations Case: ISBN 0-8176-4225-0, Dynamic Equations on Time Scales: An Introduction with Applications (by Martin Bohner and Allan Peterson), Birkhäuser, Boston, 2001. Note: Chapter 7 contains results on symplectic dynamic systems as I mentioned them at the end of the talk.

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