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Notes on generalized Fourier series with application to gravitational field determination

Abstract

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Let{(}φ<sub>n</sub>(x)} be an orthonormal system in the set of Lebesgue square integrable functions L². Let f𝜖L². The generalized Fourier series of f with respect to {(}φ<sub>n</sub>(x)} is the series ∑<sub>n=0</sub><sup>∞</sup> (f, φ<sub>n</sub>) φ<sub>n</sub>(x), where (f, φ<sub>n</sub>) is the inner product of the functions f an φ<sub>n</sub>. The e existence of a complete orthonormal system in L² is proven. Conditions for convergence of the generalized Fourier series are presented. A discussion of orthogonal polynomials with special emphasis on the Jacobi polynomial systems is presented. A least squares, differential correction, discrete observation procedure is employed to solve the potential equation with boundary conditions in tenns of three special Jacobi systems.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
M.S.
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Mathematics
Department dc:contributor.department
Mathematics
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Year dc:date.issued
1967

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Blackshear, Walter Thomas

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/106206
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oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/106206

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Blackshear, Walter Thomas. Notes on generalized Fourier series with application to gravitational field determination. masters thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1967. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/106206