Talk:Lidstone series

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Linas in topic Limits

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is bounded above by t. Thus, the constant N used in the summation above is given by
 

The first limsup must have meant

 

and the second must have meant

 

What are the two "somethings"? Michael Hardy (talk) 02:13, 3 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi Micheal, The first something is \infty, as should be apparent from the article exponential type. The second should not be lim sup, but a simple sup over the interval theta in [0,2pi). linas (talk) 19:52, 3 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Got it. Thank you.

Next question: Who's Lidstone? Michael Hardy (talk) 05:46, 4 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

OK, a guess: Could it be George James Lidstone, after whom Lidstone smoothing is named? Michael Hardy (talk) 05:50, 4 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
.......and I find the answer here. Michael Hardy (talk) 05:54, 4 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
So it would seem. FWIW, I did look; the book I have does not hint at who Lidstone was. linas (talk) 20:46, 21 April 2009 (UTC)Reply