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On The Summability And Generalized Sum Of A Series Of Legendre Polynomials, W. C. Brenke Jan 1933

On The Summability And Generalized Sum Of A Series Of Legendre Polynomials, W. C. Brenke

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

The results obtained in this paper are as follows. (A) The series of Legendre polynomials ΣnpXn(x), where p is a positive integer, is summable (H, p) for -1< x < 1, and summable (H, p +1) for - 1 ≤ x < 1 .


On The Element Of Decomposition Of A Doubly Periodic Function Of The Second Kind, M. A. Basoco Jan 1933

On The Element Of Decomposition Of A Doubly Periodic Function Of The Second Kind, M. A. Basoco

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Hermite has shown that a meromorphic function which satisfies periodicity relations of the form (1) F (z + 2ω) = μF (z), F (z + 2ω’) = μ’F (z), where ω’/ω = a+ib, b>0, and μ, μ' are independent of z, maybe expressed in terms of the function v{z + X) (2) G(z) = σ(z + λ) ÷ σ(z) + σ(λ) eρz, and its derivatives, in which λ, ρ are suitably determined constants and σ(u) is the …


On The Trigonometric Developments Of Certain Doubly Periodic Functions Of The Second Kind, M. A. Basoco Aug 1932

On The Trigonometric Developments Of Certain Doubly Periodic Functions Of The Second Kind, M. A. Basoco

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The class of meromorphic functions which satisfy periodicity relations of the form (1) ƒ(z + 2ωl) = c1f(z), f(z + 2ω2) = c2f{z), where the multipliers c1 and c2 are independent of z, and ωl2 is a complex number with non-vanishing imaginary part, has been named by Hermite doubly periodic of the second kind. It is possible to make the study of these functions depend on others of the same type, but such that one of the multipliers, say cl, is unity. In what follows …


The Practical Evaluation Of Resultants, T. A. Pierce Mar 1932

The Practical Evaluation Of Resultants, T. A. Pierce

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The purpose of the present note is to give a practical method of evaluating the resultant of two equations. The method is particularly effective when the degree of one of the equations is high while that of the other is low. Use will be made of certain results in the theory of matrices.


On The Trigonometric Expansion Of Elliptic Functions, M. A. Basoco Jan 1931

On The Trigonometric Expansion Of Elliptic Functions, M. A. Basoco

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The problem of expressing an elliptic function in terms of infinite sums of trigonometric functions has been treated by Hermite, Briot and Bouquet, A. C. Dixon and others. In the present paper we treat the same problem from the point of view of Cauchy's residue theorem in function theory, which is also Briot and Bouquet's starting point, but we differ from these authors in that the integrand we use leads to an expansion for an elliptic function which is valid in an arbitrarily wide, but finite, strip of the complex plane, and which contains certain classical results as special cases. …


A Certain Multiple-Parameter Expansion, H. P. Doole Jan 1931

A Certain Multiple-Parameter Expansion, H. P. Doole

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C. C. Camp has shown the convergence of the expansion of an arbitrary function in terms of the solutions of the systems of equations
X1’a1 - Σi=2nμi)X1 = 0,
X1’ai + μi)Xi = 0, (j = 2, 3, …, n),
where the ai’s are functions of x, with the boundary conditions
Xi(-π) = Xi(π), (j = 1, 2, …, n).
In this paper it is intended to use a …


Parametric Solutions Of Certain Diophantine Equations, T. A. Pierce Jan 1931

Parametric Solutions Of Certain Diophantine Equations, T. A. Pierce

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In this note parametric solutions of certain diophantine equations are given. The method of obtaining the solutions is derived from an equation involving the determinants of certain matrices. It will be recognized that the method is a generalization of the method of Euler and Lagrange which depends on forms which repeat under multiplication. The matrices used in this paper must be such that their forms are retained under matric multiplication and addition. When integer values are assigned to the parameters of our solutions we obtain integer solutions of the particular equation under consideration; however not all integer solutions are necessarily …


On Polynomial Solutions Of A Class Of Linear Differential Equations Of The Second Order, W. C. Brenke Jan 1930

On Polynomial Solutions Of A Class Of Linear Differential Equations Of The Second Order, W. C. Brenke

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Certain well known polynomials have a number of common properties. They arise as coefficients of tn in the expansion of a generating function ; they may be obtained by means of orthogonalization of a set of functions xⁿg(x) when the function ρ(x) = g2(x) and the interval are properly chosen ; they may be regarded as polynomials which become orthogonal when multiplied by a proper factor g(x) ; they satisfy a certain type of difference equation ; they satisfy a certain type of differential equation. The results …


Matrices Whose Characteristic Equations Are Cyclic, T. A. Pierce Jan 1930

Matrices Whose Characteristic Equations Are Cyclic, T. A. Pierce

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One of Sylvester's theorems f on matrices states that if the characteristic equation
(1) | M - λI| = f(λ) = 0
of a square matrix M has the roots λ1, λ2, … , λn, then the characteristic equation
(2) | φM - ρI| = = g(ρ) = 0
of any integral function of M, namely, φM, has the roots ρi = φ (λi), i = 1, 2, … , n. In this note an isomorphism is shown to exist between …


Symmetric Functions Of N-Ic Residues (Mod P), T. A. Pierce Jan 1929

Symmetric Functions Of N-Ic Residues (Mod P), T. A. Pierce

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If p be an odd prime, q is said to be an n- ic residue of p if the congruence xn = q (mod p) has solutions; otherwise q is an n-ic non-residue of p. A necessary and sufficient condition that q be an n-ic residue of p is that
(1) q (p- 1)/δ ≡ 1, (mod p),
where δ = g.c.d. (p - 1, n). The numberf of n-ic residues of a given prime p is (p-1)/δ.
It is with the symmetric functions of these …


An Approximation To The Least Root Of A Cubic Equation With Application To The Determination Of Units In Pure Cubic Fields, T. A. Pierce Jan 1926

An Approximation To The Least Root Of A Cubic Equation With Application To The Determination Of Units In Pure Cubic Fields, T. A. Pierce

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Approximation to the Least Root of a Cubic Bernoulli's method of approximating the largest root of an equation
(1) x3 = ax2 + bx + c,
with real coefficients, is to use (1) as a scale of relation for the recursion formula An = aAn-1 + bAn-2 + cAn-3. Successive A’s are calculated starting from any initial values. Then An+i/An for increasing values of n approximates that root of (1) which has the greatest absolute value if that root is real. The method here given for …


A Set Of Completely Independent Postulates For The Linear Order Η*, M. G. Gaba Jan 1920

A Set Of Completely Independent Postulates For The Linear Order Η*, M. G. Gaba

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Professor E. V. Huntington has published three sets of completely independent postulates for serial order. His set A involves four postulates, which is as high a number of postulates as had been proved completely independent. In the present paper are given seven postulates which form a categorical and completely independent set for the linear order.
Our basis is a class of elements [p] and an undefined dyadic relation (called 'less than') among the elements. If we are given two elements p1p2 and if the relation p1 less than p2 holds, we will symbolize …


A Theorem On Semi-Continuous Functions, Henry Blumberg Jan 1918

A Theorem On Semi-Continuous Functions, Henry Blumberg

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Recently G. C. Young and A. Denjoy have communicated theorems—those in Denjoy's memoir are of an especially comprehensive character—dealing, in particular, with point sets where the four derivatives of a given continuous function are identical. It is the purpose of this note to treat an analogous problem that arises when "derivative" is replaced by "saltus." However, instead of confining ourselves to "saltus," we prove a more general theorem that applies essentially to all semi-continuous functions. We preface the proof of this theorem with the following