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Feb 28, 2015 at 21:02 comment added Dr. Wolfgang Hintze @bbgodfrey Thank you for the hint which led me to consider other functions than powers successfully. See my edit of today.
Feb 28, 2015 at 19:04 history edited Dr. Wolfgang Hintze CC BY-SA 3.0
Expamples of s-expansions for two functions other than powrs
Feb 28, 2015 at 18:59 history edited Dr. Wolfgang Hintze CC BY-SA 3.0
Expamples of s-expansions for two functions other than powrs
Feb 28, 2015 at 10:22 history edited Dr. Wolfgang Hintze CC BY-SA 3.0
Write down general expansion, and observe that it holds for more general functions.
Feb 26, 2015 at 21:03 comment added Dr. Wolfgang Hintze @bbgodfrey I agree completely. I tried e.g. two poles f[y] = 1/(1+y^2), without success. The y-integral must be split into one over (0..1) and the other over (1,oo). But the resulting integrals had no closed expressions.
Feb 26, 2015 at 17:34 comment added bbgodfrey Although this is an elegant solution, it may be valid only if f is an entire function, so that its series converges throughout the range of integration. If not, then some additional terms associated with the poles of f in the complex plane may arise.
S Feb 26, 2015 at 17:25 history suggested Till Hoffmann CC BY-SA 3.0
added conversion of series representation to normal formula
Feb 26, 2015 at 17:19 vote accept Till Hoffmann
Feb 26, 2015 at 17:19 comment added Till Hoffmann Dr. Wolfgang Hintze, thank you very much for your help. I would like to mention you in the acknowledgements of the paper for which I required the above series expansion. Please drop me a line at t.hoffmann13(AT)imperial(DOT)ac(DOT)uk and I will send you a draft before publication.
Feb 26, 2015 at 17:14 review Suggested edits
S Feb 26, 2015 at 17:25
Feb 26, 2015 at 13:58 comment added Till Hoffmann Hi, thanks for the suggestion. Using the expansion $\mathtt{sg1}=x^k + \sigma^2 \frac{k(1+k)}{2} x^{k-1}$, the first term reproduces the desired function $f(x)$ in a Taylor expansion. How can I express the second term in terms of the original function and its derivatives? It almost looks like a second derivative. I'll have a play with it.
Feb 26, 2015 at 12:42 history answered Dr. Wolfgang Hintze CC BY-SA 3.0