Problem 3.7
(a) Suppose that and are two eigenfunctions of an operator , with the same eigenvalue q. Show that any linear combination of f and g is itself an eigenfunction of , with eigenvalue q.
(b) Check that and are eigenfunctions of the operator , with the same eigenvalue. Construct two linear combinations of f and g that are orthogonal eigenfunctions on the interval (-1, 1).
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