Fritz Gesztesy, Yuri Latushkin, and Konstantin A. Makarov
Evans Functions, Jost Functions, and Fredholm Determinants
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ABSTRACT.  The principal results of this paper consist of an intrinsic definition
of the Evans function in terms of newly introduced generalized
matrix-valued Jost solutions for general first-order matrix-valued
differential equations on the real line, and a proof of the fact that the
Evans function, a finite-dimensional determinant by construction,
coincides with a modified Fredholm determinant associated with a
Birman-Schwinger-type integral operator up to a nonvanishing
factor.