“…They played a crucial role in proving estimates for and inequalities between γ n , δ n , β ± n and t n (z) := β − n (v; z) / β + n (v; z) , (6) see [8,Lemma 49 and Proposition 66]. Moreover, it turns out that there is an essential relation between the Riesz basis property of the system of root functions and the ratio functionals t n (v, z) which made possible to give criteria for existence of (Riesz) bases consisting of root functions not only for Hill operators but for Dirac operators as well (see, for example, [18,Theorem 1] or [17,Theorem 2] for Hill, or [15,Theorem 12] for Dirac operators). These criteria are quite general and applicable to wide classes of potentials.…”