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On the asymptotic periods of integral functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

J. M. Whittaker
Affiliation:
Pembroke College, Cambridge.
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A period of a function f(z) is defined to be a number w(≠0) such that

is identically zero; and it is not a difficult matter to show that an integral function may either have no periods or else a single sequence kλ, k = ±1, ±2, ….

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1933

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