Basis properties of the p, q-sine functions

Lyonell Boulton1, Gabriel J Lord1

  • 1Department of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences , Heriot-Watt University , Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.

Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
|February 10, 2015
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