Cox, Steven J.; McCarthy, C. Maeve The shape of the tallest column: Corrected. (English) Zbl 0957.34073 SIAM J. Math. Anal. 31, No. 4, 940-940 (2000). Summary: The summary [ibid. 29, No. 3, 547-554 (1998; Zbl 0913.34072)] of the work of J. B. Keller and F. I. Niordson [J. Math. Mech. 16, 433-446 (1966; Zbl 0151.37702)] was inaccurate. The authors offer a correction. Cited in 1 Review MSC: 34L15 Eigenvalues, estimation of eigenvalues, upper and lower bounds of ordinary differential operators 74G60 Bifurcation and buckling 49J99 Existence theories in calculus of variations and optimal control Keywords:isolated eigenvalue; continuous spectrum Citations:Zbl 0913.34072; Zbl 0151.37702 PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{S. J. Cox} and \textit{C. M. McCarthy}, SIAM J. Math. Anal. 31, No. 4, 940--940 (2000; Zbl 0957.34073) Full Text: DOI