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On the Asymptotic Periods of Integral Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Sheila Scott
Affiliation:
Girton College

Extract

A period of a function f(z) is defined to be a number ω (≠ 0) such that

is identically zero; and it can be shown that an integral function may either have no periods or else a single sequence kλ (k = ± 1, ± 2, …).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1935

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