The boundary-value problem for Lavrent’Ev–Bitsadze equation with two internal lines of change of a type

Abstract

We study the problem with boundary conditions of the first and second kind on the boundary of a rectangular domain for an equation with two internal perpendicular lines of change of a type. With the use of the spectral method we prove the unique solvability of the mentioned problem. The eigenvalue problem for an ordinary differential equation obtained by separation of variables is not self-adjoint, and the system of root functions is not orthogonal. We construct the corresponding biorthogonal system of functions and prove its completeness. This allows us to establish a criterion for the uniqueness of the solution to the problem under consideration. We construct the solution as the sum of the biorthogonal series.