Аңдатпа
We consider the generalized Neumann problem for a 2lth-order elliptic equation with constant real higher-order coefficients in an infinite domain containing the exterior of some circle and bounded by a sufficiently smooth contour. It consists in specifying of the (kj-1){(k_j - 1)}th-order normal derivatives where 1≤k1...kl≤2l{1\le k_1 < ... < k_l \le 2l}; for kj=j{k_j = j} it turns into the Dirichlet problem, and for kj=j+1{k_j = j +1} into the Neumann problem. Under certain assumptions about the coefficients of the equation at infinity, a necessary and sufficient condition for the Fredholm property of this problem is obtained and a formula for its index in Holder spaces is given.