POCHHAMMER CONTOUR

POCHHAMMER, LEO.

Zur Theorie der Euler'schen Integrale.

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1890. 8vo. Bound in recent full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen", Volume 35., 1890. Entire volume offered. Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Small library stamp to lower part of title title page and verso of title page. Very fine and clean. Pp. 495-526. [Entire volume: IV, 604 pp.].

First publication of the paper which named the "Pochhammer contour". Pochhammer contour is a contour in the complex plane with two points removed, used for contour integration.
Camille Jordan published in 1887 a paper introducing the concept. In 1890 Porchhammer expanded his theories in the present paper.

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