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►If the set
in §2.1(iii) is a closed sector , then by definition the asymptotic property (2.1.13) holds uniformly with respect to as .
…Suppose is a parameter (or set of parameters) ranging over apointset (or sets) , and for each nonnegative integer
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►A function is continuous on apointset
if it is continuous at all points of .
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►For defined on apointset
contained in a rectangle , let
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►where is the image of under a mapping which is one-to-one except perhaps for aset of points of area zero.
…Again the mapping is one-to-one except perhaps for aset of points of volume zero.
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►An open set in is one in which each point has a neighborhood that is contained in the set.
►Apoint
is alimit point (limiting point or accumulation point) of aset of points
in (or ) if every neighborhood of contains apoint of distinct from .
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►Adomain
, say, is an open set in that is connected, that is, any two points can be joined by a polygonal arc (a finite chain of straight-line segments) lying in the set.
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►Conversely, if at a given point
the partial derivatives , , , and exist, are continuous, and satisfy (1.9.25), then is differentiable at .
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►Let be a finite set of distinct points on , or a countable infinite set of distinct points on , and , , be aset of positive constants.
…when is a finite set of distinct points.
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►in which is a real or complex parameter, and asymptotic solutions are needed for large that are uniform with respect to in apointset
in or .
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►Corresponding to each positive integer there are solutions , , that depend on arbitrarily chosen reference points
, are or analytic on , and as
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►and be the closed and bounded pointset in the plane having a simple closed curve as boundary.
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►Suppose is a piecewise smooth surface which forms the complete boundary of a bounded closed pointset
, and is oriented by its normal being outwards from .
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►As from below the period diverges since are points of unstable equilibrium.
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►For an initial displacement with , bounded oscillations take place near one of the two points of stable equilibrium .
…As from below the period diverges since is apoint of unstable equlilibrium.
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