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XXIII.—Zeros and Turning Points of the Elliptic-cylinder Functions

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In any discussion of the zeros and turning points of the elliptic-cylinder function it is not necessary to define them more precisely than as functions of period π or 2π which satisfy the Mathieu equation

for the corresponding characteristic values of a. To simplify the following discussion, it is convenient merely to impose the condition that y(0)>0 if y(x) is even, and y′(0)>0 if y(x) is odd.

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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1933

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page 424 note † Confirmation of this fact is given in § 5.

page 426 note * Cf. Goldstein, , Proc. London Math. Soc., (2) xxviii, 1928, 94.Google Scholar

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page 426 note ‡ Ince, loc. cit.

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