Find the Principal Eigenvalue of Sturm-Liouville Problem with Rayleigh Quotient

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Use the Rayleight quotient to find a good approximation for the principal eigenvalue of the Sturm-Liouville problem.
[tex]u'' + (\lambda - x^2)u = 0[/tex]
[tex]0 < x < 0[/tex]
[tex]u(0) = u'(1) = 0[/tex]
Any help?
 
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neo143 said:
http://gershwin.ens.fr/vdaniel/Doc-Locale/Cours-Mirrored/Methodes-Maths/white/

Directions?


Back to the problem, I know that you multiply both sides by u, integrate by parts, and then solve for lambda, after that I'm stuck.
 
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