analytic continuation

noun

The practice of extending analytic functions.

Meanings

nounanalytic continuation (countable and uncountable, plural analytic continuations)

plural analytic continuations

  1. countableuncountablemathematical analysisThe practice of extending analytic functions.

    Since there are potentially many different ways to carry out this analytic continuation process, there are questions of ambiguity and redundancy.

    2008, Steven G. Krantz, A Guide to Complex Variables, Mathematical Association of America, page 125
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    1968, [McGraw-Hill], Granino A. Korn, Theresa M. Korn, Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers, 2000, Dover, Unabridged republication, page 206, The standard method of analytic continuation starts with a function f(z) defined by its power-series expansion (7.5-4) inside some circle |z-a|=r.

    Analytic continuation is a technique to extend the domain of a given analytic function. Analytic continuation often succeeds in defining further values of a function, for example, in a new region where an infinite series representation in terms of which it is initially defined becomes divergent.

    2014, M. Mursaleen, Applied Summability Methods, Springer, page 31
  2. countableuncountablemathematical analysisAn extension of an analytic function which is itself analytic.

    The set of all the analytic continuations of the given element f(z) is called the complete analytic function.

    1995, Valentin I. Ivanov, Michael K. Trubetskov, Handbook of Conformal Mapping with Computer-Aided Visualization, CRC Press, page 26
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    1975, S. Smith (translator), L. A. Muraveǐ Asymptotics for the Wave Equation, S. Smith (translator), Valentin P. Michaǐlov (editor), Boundary Value Problems for Differential Equations, Mathematical Association of America, page 107, Using (2.6), (2.15)-(2.18) and (2.54) in the same way as in the cases considered earlier, we get that the series (0.14) determines the analytic continuation of the Green function of the second boundary value problem into the domain K_B∩|k|<β with the property (0.23).

Translations

Finnish analyyttinen jatkaminen, analyyttinen jatke
  • analyyttinen jatkaminenpractice of extending such functions
  • analyyttinen jatkeextension of an analytic function
German analytische Fortsetzung
  • analytische Fortsetzungextension of an analytic function
Italian prolungamento analitico, prolungamento analitico
  • prolungamento analiticopractice of extending such functions
  • prolungamento analiticoextension of an analytic function
Portuguese prolongamento analítico, extensão analítica
  • prolongamento analíticoextension of an analytic function
  • extensão analíticaextension of an analytic function
  • continuação analíticaextension of an analytic function
Swedish analytisk fortsättning, analytisk fortsättning
  • analytisk fortsättningpractice of extending such functions
  • analytisk fortsättningextension of an analytic function
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