On a spectral theorem of Weyl
  We give a geometric proof of a theorem of Weyl on the continuous part of the spectrum of Sturm-Liouville operators on the half-line with asymptotically constant coefficients. Earlier proofs due to Weyl and Kodaira depend on special features of Green's functions for linear ordinary differential operators; ours might offer better prospects for generalization to higher dimensions, as required for example in noncommutative harmonic analysis. 
Nigel Higson and Qijun Tan
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