Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
1. A set of functions {øn (x)} is said to be closed L over an interval (a, b) if for an f (x) belonging to L
implies that f(x) = 0 almost everywhere. Here f(x) is a complex valued function of the real variable x.
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* In case f (z) has zeros inside the contour equation (3.00) is modified by the addition of logarithmic terms on the left which can be found by handling (3.02) just as in the proof of Carleman's theorem. These terms can be shown to be positive, and in this case (3.00) becomes.
* That follows from an application of the theorem of Fatou on sequences of positive integrals.