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§31.6 Path-Multiplicative Solutions

A further extension of the notation (31.4.1) and (31.4.3) is given by

with (s_{1},s_{2})\in\{0,1,a\}, but with another set of \{q_{m}\}. This denotes a set of solutions of (31.2.1) with the property that if we pass around a simple closed contour in the z-plane that encircles s_{1} and s_{2} once in the positive sense, but not the remaining finite singularity, then the solution is multiplied by a constant factor e^{{2\nu\pi i}}. These solutions are called path-multiplicative. See Schmidt (1979).