This paper is concerned with maximizing the square integral over certain classes of periodic positive-definite functions. The question arose at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in connection with maximizing ...

Elliptic functions are not studied by mathematical students unless they are specialists in mathematical analysis, yet a knowledge of the most important elementary facts about these functions is ...

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