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IX.—Generalised Derivatives and Integrals*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

W. L. Ferrar
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The various definitions which have been adopted by one or more writers for Dnf(x), where n is real but not an integer, fall roughly into three classes:—

(1) Liouville —a method which assumes a convergent expansion

and defines Dnf(x) as ΣAαneax.

(2) Riemann, Grünwald, Laurent and others—methods which, however they begin, ultimately come to the “integral definition,”

the lower limit of integration being arbitrary:

where k is a positive integer, 0<ρ<1, and n=k – ρ.

(3) Pincherle5—a method which, seeking an operator with certain properties, gives an infinite series as a definition of Dnf(x)

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 48 , 1929 , pp. 92 - 105
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1929

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1Liouville, , Journ. de l'École Polytechnique, 13 (cahier 21) (1832), 1–186. There are also later writings in the same journal.Google Scholar
2Riemann, , Gesammelte Werke (1876), xix, pp. 331–344.Google Scholar
3Grünwald, , Zeitschrift für Math, und Physik (Schömilch), 12 (1867), 441–480. This is rather cumbersome, but is one of the comparatively few rigorous discussions that appear in the early literature of definition (2).Google Scholar
4Laurent, , Traité d'Analyse, vol. iii (1888), 487–495. He also gives a formula for generalised differences as an integral.Google Scholar
5Pincherle, , Memorie della R. Acad. di Bologna (Sci.) (5), 9 (1902), 745.Google Scholar
6Hadamard, , Journ. de Math. (4), 8 (1892), 154 [pt. iii of his thesis]. or Dienes, Borel Tract: “Leçons sur les Singularités des Fonctions Analytiques” (1913), pp. 7–9 in particular.Google Scholar
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