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The Solution of an Integral Equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Charles Fox
Charles Fox*
Affiliation:
McGill University
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This paper deals with the problem of finding the solutions of the integral equation

where the constant a and the function giipc) are both given and both assumed to be real, while the function f1(x) is to be determined.

On writing

equation (1) simplifies to

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 16 , 1964 , pp. 578 - 586
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1964

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