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The Courtyard And Patio Gardens Of The Vieux Carre (1861-1982), Stephen Burdick Hand Dec 1982

The Courtyard And Patio Gardens Of The Vieux Carre (1861-1982), Stephen Burdick Hand

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The evolutionary process of the gardens of New Orleans' Vieux Carre from 1861 to 1982 has been influenced by cultural, economic, governmental and social forces within and without the Vieux Carre. Their interworkings combined to shape and style these gardens. No single force or era is seen as clearly dominant in this perceived pattern of evolution. Rather, in this study these gardens are viewed as reflections of various times and, more specifically, the culture, economics, politics and social aspirations of such times. The tracing of the history of these gardens reveals that during the past 122 years they have continually …

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The Reaction Between Calcium Oxide And Nitrogen Dioxide In The Presence Of Oxygen: A Variable Solid Property Grain Model., Kenneth Charles Reibert Jan 1982

The Reaction Between Calcium Oxide And Nitrogen Dioxide In The Presence Of Oxygen: A Variable Solid Property Grain Model., Kenneth Charles Reibert

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The effect of variable solid properties on the kinetics of the reaction of spherical calcium oxide pellets with nitrogen dioxide (in the presence of excess oxygen) was studied. Experimental kinetic data was collected on a thermogravimetric analyzer, which measured weight change in a single pellet during reaction as a function of time. Reactions were carried out at temperatures of 150(DEGREES) to 550(DEGREES)C for gas streams containing 0.5 to 1.8 mole percent nitrogen dioxide and 8.7 mole percent oxygen. No reaction occurred at 600(DEGREES)C. At 150(DEGREES) and 250(DEGREES)C the conversion was found to proceed at a slow but steady rate with …

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Differential Effects Of Marriage Depending Upon Sex For Students In Professional Programs., Patricia Cawunder Jan 1982

Differential Effects Of Marriage Depending Upon Sex For Students In Professional Programs., Patricia Cawunder

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The major hypothesis of this study was that the married state conveys a performance benefit to the male student and is a detriment to the female student. Differential effects of marriage by sex were hypothesized to be related to traditional sex-role concepts such that married female students receive less spouse support and have more role conflict than the male. The hypotheses were tested with law students and veterinary medical students. Performance was measured with GPA, and measures of spouse support and role conflict were developed from weightings of judges for items in a structured telephone interview. Different results were obtained …

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Robert Bridges: An Annotated Bibliography., Lee Templin Hamilton Jan 1982

Robert Bridges: An Annotated Bibliography., Lee Templin Hamilton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This bibliography contains primary and secondary bibliographical material relating to Robert Bridges (1844-1930), Poet Laureate of England from 1913 until his death in 1930. The first chapter contains all known editions of Bridges' poems and plays, and includes his editions of hymns. The second chapter is devoted to Bridges' prose writings, and the third chapter collects for the first time the reviews, articles, essays, books, and other scholarly notes about Bridges. The third chapter also incorporates anthologies which include Bridge's poetry. In the life, work, and critical reception of Robert Bridges there seem always to be two opposite influences or …

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Grambling State University: A History, 1901 - 1977., Mildred Bernice Gallot Jan 1982

Grambling State University: A History, 1901 - 1977., Mildred Bernice Gallot

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the study was to discover how Grambling State University developed as a black institution in rural North Louisiana given the key problems it faced from 1899 to 1977. Specific details highlighted: structural and operational changes between 1899 and 1977; administrative philosophies; the transformation of Grambling State University into a modern multifacted university; its unique role in educating blacks; and the manner in which the administrative philosophy of its two presidents fulfilled the role, purpose and institutional goals. Data for the study were secured through personal interviews; from minutes of the official proceedings, Louisiana State Board of Education, …

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Nonprint Media Production In Secondary Schools., Rebecca N. Lawrence Jan 1982

Nonprint Media Production In Secondary Schools., Rebecca N. Lawrence

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the study was to determine the current status of nonprint media production in the public secondary schools. A questionnaire was administered to the media specialists/librarians at all Louisiana schools containing grades seven through twelve including schools listed as junior highs containing the sixth grade. A 90.909 percent response rate was achieved. Findings included the following: (1) In the order of occurrence, nonprint media produced in the public secondary schools of Louisiana were: overhead transparencies; cassette and/or reel to reel audio tapes; video tapes, photographic slides and photographic film development; slide/tape programs; computer programs; and 8mm films; (2) …

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The Coupling Of Monte Carlo Integration With The Boundary Integral Equation Technique To Solve Poisson Type Equations., Gary Steven Gipson Jan 1982

The Coupling Of Monte Carlo Integration With The Boundary Integral Equation Technique To Solve Poisson Type Equations., Gary Steven Gipson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary topic of this work is a method for dealing with boundary element formulations of nonhomogeneous terms in Poisson type equations. A concise presentation of boundary integral techniques and the corresponding fundamental solutions plays an important role in this development. Using Monte Carlo quadrature theory, an algorithm for the construction of a two-dimensional BEM Poisson equation analyzer is derived. A FORTRAN program based upon this algorithm is presented as a novel device that solves the general Poisson equation in two-dimensional and axisymmetric geometries without domain discretization. In the axisymmetric case, Monte Carlo integration is also used to effectively compute …

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Measuring The Impacts Of Fasb Statement No. 8 And The Fluctuations In Foreign Currency Values On Multinational Corporation Security Prices., Abdelsalam Ali Kablan Jan 1982

Measuring The Impacts Of Fasb Statement No. 8 And The Fluctuations In Foreign Currency Values On Multinational Corporation Security Prices., Abdelsalam Ali Kablan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study is twofold. The first is to measure the impact of FASB 8 on multinational corporation (MNC) security prices. The second is to investigate the association between currency fluctuations and MNC security prices. Two types of empirical studies have been conducted to measure FASB 8's impact. The first were questionnaire studies measuring corporate managements' reactions toward the Statement. Their findings showed that corporate managers took certain costly decisions to alter the Statement's effects on reported earnings. The second type of study was conducted to measure the Statement's effect on security prices. Due to methodological problems, these …

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Political Imagemaking: An Analysis Of The Television Commercials Aired During Louis Lambert's 1979 Gubernatorial Campaign., Thomas Joseph Karam Jan 1982

Political Imagemaking: An Analysis Of The Television Commercials Aired During Louis Lambert's 1979 Gubernatorial Campaign., Thomas Joseph Karam

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examines the televised political image-making of Louis Lambert during his unsuccessful 1979 Louisiana gubernatorial campaign. During the campaign, over $20 million was spent by the six major candidates for the office of governor. Lambert spent approximately $3.5 million, with the majority of this money being spent on televised advertisement. The study includes an overview of Lambert's campaign followed by an analysis of his campaign. The three different phases of the campaign and the three media consultants Lambert employed is analyzed. The study also examines the verbal and non-verbal aspects of Lambert's political commercials. The study revealed that political …

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New Deal Archaeology In The Southeast: Wpa, Tva, Nps, 1934-1942., Edwin Austin Lyon Ii Jan 1982

New Deal Archaeology In The Southeast: Wpa, Tva, Nps, 1934-1942., Edwin Austin Lyon Ii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study is a history of New Deal archaeology in the Southeastern United States from the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) archaeological projects in the winter of 1933-1934 to the end of federal relief archaeology in 1942. The federal government selected archaeology as one of its relief programs to put to work some of the many unemployed Americans during the depression of the 1930s. This study focuses on the large Works Progress Administration (WPA) archaeological programs in Louisiana and Kentucky, the combined WPA and TVA programs in Alabama and Tennessee, and the WPA and National …

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Math Attitude In Terms Of Various Factors., Jerry Elizabeth Pinsel Jan 1982

Math Attitude In Terms Of Various Factors., Jerry Elizabeth Pinsel

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examined the degree to which math attitude relates to the mathematical training, major field of study and career choices of undergraduate males and females. The study took place in the Mathematics Department of Southeastern Louisiana University. Statement of the Problem. The following null hypothesis was tested using the .05 level of significance: no significant degree of relationship exists between math attitude and either the mathematical training, major field of study, or career choices of undergraduate male and female students. Procedure. Students who participated in the study were undergraduate students enrolled in mathematics during the Fall Semester of 1981. …

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Financing Intercollegiate Athletics In The Southeastern Conference 1970-1979., Samuel Joseph Nader Jan 1982

Financing Intercollegiate Athletics In The Southeastern Conference 1970-1979., Samuel Joseph Nader

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Financing intercollegiate athletics has become an ever present issue with the colleges and universities of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Inflation and other factors have driven the cost of running a college sports program to alarmingly high levels. The literature is full of expressions of concern about the financial future of intercollegiate athletic competition. This study investigated trends in financing intercollegiate athletics among the 10 Southeastern Conference Universities. A two-part survey questionnaire was completed, one part by the athletic director and one by the business manager at each of these institutions. Revenues and expenditures for the fiscal years 1969-1970 through …

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The Effects Of Dividend Changes On Bond Prices: An Empirical Study Of Market Efficiency., Ahmed Mohamed Aweidat Jan 1982

The Effects Of Dividend Changes On Bond Prices: An Empirical Study Of Market Efficiency., Ahmed Mohamed Aweidat

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The main objectives of this study were: to find out what theoretical hypothesis explains the behavior of security prices with response to dividend changes, and to test the bond market efficiency. To detect what theoretical hypothesis better predicts the behavior of security prices, the behavior of bond prices was compared to the behavior of stock prices. The comparison period mean returns method is the method of analysis which was applied to measure the abnormal performance. The research sample contained 128 events of stock splits and dividend increase announcements, 38 dividend increase announcements (following stock split announcements), and 23 dividend decrease …

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The Usefulness And Predictability Of Net Realizable Values: An Empirical Study., Jerry Joseph Baudin Jan 1982

The Usefulness And Predictability Of Net Realizable Values: An Empirical Study., Jerry Joseph Baudin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The general objective of financial reporting is to provide useful information for making economic decisions. Net realizable value has been recommended and advocated as a valuation method that would improve the usefulness of reported fnancial information. One shortcoming of the net realizable value method is that there are no established used market prices for certain fixed assets, such as buildings. At present, there is no evidence indicating that a solution to this shortcoming has been found. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to empirically test the reliability of using specific price indexes in predicting net realizable values for certain …

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Development Of Louisiana Public School Guidance Services, 1942-1972., Alice Hunter Chilton Jan 1982

Development Of Louisiana Public School Guidance Services, 1942-1972., Alice Hunter Chilton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine how guidance services developed in the public schools of Louisiana between 1942 and 1972. In order to understand the events of these years, it was necessary to examine the period preceding them. In the beginning of the guidance movement, social workers pioneered in assisting youth with problems associated with industrialization. Louisiana was unique in that its guidance program started within the school system. An experimental program began in the Orleans Parish Schools in 1921. It was considered effective and continued. In the 1920s vocational guidance was offered for the first time at …

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The Effect Of Dalcroze Eurhythmics On The Melodic Musical Growth Of First Grade Students., Sue E. Crumpler Jan 1982

The Effect Of Dalcroze Eurhythmics On The Melodic Musical Growth Of First Grade Students., Sue E. Crumpler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of the study was to determine the effect of Dalcroze Eurhythmics on the melodic musical growth of first grade students. The secondary purposes of the study were to determine the differences between boys and girls in the ability to discriminate pitch register and melodic contour and to determine the differences created by the interaction of method, sex, and time. Seventy-six first grade students in four intact classes participated in the study. Two classes, control group, used the melodic units of the 1978 Silver Burdett Music (SBM). Two classes, experimental group, used Silver Burdett Music and Dalcroze Eurhythmic …

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Religion And Racial Change: A Comparative Study Of Clergy Attitudes Over Time., John Jules Nelson Jan 1982

Religion And Racial Change: A Comparative Study Of Clergy Attitudes Over Time., John Jules Nelson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed as an empirical investigation into attitudes of racial prejudice amongst Mississippi Methodist clergymen. Based on Durkheim's theories of the importance of surrounding cultural factors upon religious life, causal relationships for this target group were sought within the context of both regional (southern) and national cultural norms. Basic hypotheses were that clergy prejudice would vary directly with age, fundamentalism, and perception of prejudice of parishioners and community; and inversely with education, urban location of ministry, social actionist stance and agreement with denominational policy. It was also predicted that the mean prejudice score would decrease over the time …

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An Investigation Of National Control Of Multinationals In Nigeria., Sylvanus Sunny Ogburia Jan 1982

An Investigation Of National Control Of Multinationals In Nigeria., Sylvanus Sunny Ogburia

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

For many years, the multinational corporations (MNCs) have been looked upon as agents of development, especially in terms of resource transferred from developed countries (DCs) to less developed countries (LDCs). However, a group of protectionists have maintained that the presence of an MNC in LDCs is a "cause" of the problem instead of a "blessing" to these nations. They have asserted that MNCs exercise a total dominance over a peripheral nation and can or have dwarfed economic growth. The only way to avoid this "doom" is to introduce some regulatory schemes which will help to control the behavior and the …

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Toward A Classification Of General Systems Theory Concepts: The Categorization Of Vocabulary Components And Their Usage Patterns In The Literature., Stephanie S. Robbins Jan 1982

Toward A Classification Of General Systems Theory Concepts: The Categorization Of Vocabulary Components And Their Usage Patterns In The Literature., Stephanie S. Robbins

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The achievement of the goals of General Systems Theory are, in part, dependent on the development and use of a language which will facilitate relevant communication across disciplines so that structural similarities which are hidden by the use of specialists' languages can be examined. This study explores various dimensions of the language associated with GST. The major vocabulary components associated with GST were identified using four criterion. The first was designed to enumerate terms that reflected the dimensional aspects of systems terminology needed to identify systems characteristics which are isomorphic across different disciplines. The second criterion eliminated discipline-bound terms with …

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The Impact Of Teaching Test-Taking Skills Upon The Scores Of Selected Secondary Students Taking The Louisiana State Assessment Test., Joann Crabtree Bower Jan 1982

The Impact Of Teaching Test-Taking Skills Upon The Scores Of Selected Secondary Students Taking The Louisiana State Assessment Test., Joann Crabtree Bower

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of teaching test-taking skills upon the scores of selected secondary students. The interactions between the treatment and sex, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and achievement level were also investigated. The treatment consisted of four or five 50-minute periods of instruction and practice in selected test-taking skills which included marking answer sheets correctly and quickly, coordinating answer sheets and test booklets, developing a test cadence, fostering a positive test attitude, using deductive reasoning and guessing strategies, and using a relaxation technique during a test situation. The treatment was administered to four experimental groups …

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Selected Factors Contributing To Depression Among Women., Barbara Marie Hardin Jan 1982

Selected Factors Contributing To Depression Among Women., Barbara Marie Hardin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

It has been a consistent epidemiological finding that women are more prone to develop symptoms of depression than men. The present investigation examines women's greater vulnerability to depression in terms of Beck's cognitive theory of depression. Sixty women were divided into a depressed group and a non-depressed group on the basis of criteria scores on Scale 2 of the MMPI and on the Beck Depression Inventory. The groups did not differ significantly in age, education or employment status. Each subject was administered the MMPI, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Hopelessness Scale, the Personal Attributes Questionaire (PAQ), and Levenson's Internal, …

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The Effect Of N-Methylprotoporphyrin Ix On The Synthesis Of Photosynthetic Pigments In Cyanidium Caldarium. Further Evidence For The Role Of Haem In The Biosynthesis Of Plant Billins., S. B. Brown, J. A. Holroyd, D. I. Vernon, R. F. Troxler, K. M. Smith Jan 1982

The Effect Of N-Methylprotoporphyrin Ix On The Synthesis Of Photosynthetic Pigments In Cyanidium Caldarium. Further Evidence For The Role Of Haem In The Biosynthesis Of Plant Billins., S. B. Brown, J. A. Holroyd, D. I. Vernon, R. F. Troxler, K. M. Smith

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The Use Of N-Methylprotoporphyrin Dimethyl Ester To Inhibit Ferrochelatase In Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides And Its Effect In Promoting Biosynthesis Of Magnesium Tetrapyrroles, J. D. Houghton, C. L. Honeybourne, K. M. Smith, H. D. Tabba, O. T. Jones Jan 1982

The Use Of N-Methylprotoporphyrin Dimethyl Ester To Inhibit Ferrochelatase In Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides And Its Effect In Promoting Biosynthesis Of Magnesium Tetrapyrroles, J. D. Houghton, C. L. Honeybourne, K. M. Smith, H. D. Tabba, O. T. Jones

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Smoking In The Soviet Union, R. Cooper Jan 1982

Smoking In The Soviet Union, R. Cooper

Faculty Publications

Although it is the fourth largest producer of tobacco in the world, relatively little has been written about the problem in the USSR. Since the economy is centrally planned and marketing of tobacco products is under direct government control it might be expected that the Soviet Union would implement different, perhaps, more effective, antismoking campaigns. Unfortunately, this has not been the case.

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Recent Trends In Coronary Risk Factors In The Ussr, R. Cooper, A. Schatzkin Jan 1982

Recent Trends In Coronary Risk Factors In The Ussr, R. Cooper, A. Schatzkin

Faculty Publications

The Soviet Union has experienced an increase in the incidence of coronary heart disease over the last 15 years sufficient to result in an overall deterioration in the health of adults. The distribution of coronary risk factors, and the secular trends in diet and cigarette consumption provide a potential explanation for the upsurge in death rates. The animal fat content of the Soviet diet has been steadily enriched since the 1950s and cigarette production increased 72 per cent from 1959 to 1980. The post-Stalin orientation of the Soviet economy toward a policy of motivating the work force primarily through the …

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On Fourier Transform Of Generalized Brownian Functionals, Hui Hsiung Kuo Jan 1982

On Fourier Transform Of Generalized Brownian Functionals, Hui Hsiung Kuo

Faculty Publications

Let (L2) B ̇- and (L2) b ̇- be the spaces of generalized Brownian functionals of the white noises Ḃ and ḃ, respectively. A Fourier transform from (L2) B ̇- into (L2) b ̇- is defined by φ{symbol}̂(ḃ) = ∫S*: exp[-i ∫Rḃ(t) Ḃ(t) dt]: b ̇φ{symbol}( B ̇) dμ( B ̇), where : : b ̇ denotes the renormalization with respect to ḃ and μ is the standard Gaussian measure on the space S* of tempered distributions. It is proved that the Fourier transform carries Ḃ(t)-differentiation into multiplication by iḃ(t). The integral representation and the action ofφ{symbol}̂ as a generalized …

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On Admissible Shifts Of Generalized White Noises, Hui Hsiung Kuo, W. Smolenski Jan 1982

On Admissible Shifts Of Generalized White Noises, Hui Hsiung Kuo, W. Smolenski

Faculty Publications

Let S be the Schwartz space of rapidly decreasing real functions. The dual space S* consists of the tempered distributions and the relation S ⊂ L2(R) ⊂ S* holds. Let γ be the Gaussian white noise on S* with the characteristic functional γ(ξ) = exp{-∥ξ∥2/2}, ξ ∈ S, where ∥·∥ is the L2(R)-norm. Let ν be the Poisson white noise on S* with the characteristic functional ν(ξ) = expΥ{hooked}R∫R {[exp(iξ(t)u)] - 1 - (1 + u2)-1(iξ(t)u)} dη(u)dt), ξ ∈ S, where the Lévy measure is assumed to satisfy the condition ∫Ru2dη(u) < ∞. It is proved that γ*ν has the same dichotomy property for shifts as the Gaussian white noise, i.e., for any ω ∈ S*, the shift (γ*ν)ω of γ*ν by ω and γ*ν are either equivalent or orthogonal. They are equivalent if and only if when ω ∈ L2(R) and the Radon-Nikodym derivative is derived. It is also proved that for the Poisson white noice νω is orthogonal to ν for any non-zero ω in S*. © 1982.

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Matroids Whose Ground Sets Are Domains Of Functions, James Oxley Jan 1982

Matroids Whose Ground Sets Are Domains Of Functions, James Oxley

Faculty Publications

From an integer-valued function f we obtain, in a natural way, a matroid Mf on the domain of f. We show that the class of matroids so obtained is closed under restriction, contraction, duality, truncation and elongation, but not under direct sum. We give an excluded-minor characterization of and show that consists precisely of those transversal matroids with a presentation in which the sets in the presentation are nested. Finally, we show that on an n-set there are exactly 2”. © 1982, Australian Mathematical Society. All rights reserved.

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Lsu General Catalog 1982-1983, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College Jan 1982

Lsu General Catalog 1982-1983, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College

LSU General Catalog

The LSU General Catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate departments and programs with degree requirements and courses offered for each one. The General Catalog includes information on registration and financial aid as well as academic services offered to all students.

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Distributional Boundary Values Of Harmonic And Analytic Functions, R. Estrada, R. P. Kanwal Jan 1982

Distributional Boundary Values Of Harmonic And Analytic Functions, R. Estrada, R. P. Kanwal

Faculty Publications

A theory for distributional boundary values of harmonic and analytic functions is presented. In this analysis there arise several indicators that measure the growth of these functions near the boundaries. An extension of the Phragmén-Lindelöf maximum principle is derived. Furthermore, the algebraic properties of the space of real periodic distributions are studied. By introducing a new product, the harmonic product, the boundary conditions involving harmonic functions are transformed into ordinary differential equations. © 1982.

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