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Functions with a Finite Number of Negative Squares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

James Stewart
James Stewart*
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McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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Let f be a complex-valued function defined on the real line R with the property that for every x∊R. If k is a nonnegative integer,f is said to have k negative squares, or to be indefinite of order k, if the Hermitian form

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Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 1972 , pp. 399 - 410
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1972

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