ÖFVERSIGT AF K. VETENSK.-AKAD. FÖRHANDLINGAR 1901, N:0 9. 701 



'^ 1=1 



JL -^ , , ^^ nki — —nki 



= M(d) + — Rl''' y a- " 

 ^ ra ■^ 



kg m g 



;.,. 



1 -.^ ., VI , — nki -^— nki — 



n = X 



(53) 



and hence 



M{d) = Ii m • 7^ i^ 2 <^\ '^^^i^ "" ) (^^) 



or 



M{a) == Ji?^\ag2m^6™)c?a; . (55) 



As a convergent to M{a) and therefore to G{a) we may 

 legitimately assume 



-r R^q)VtGie '^) , (56) 



1=1 



or, as this expression for k = ca must be independent of t, with 

 greater simplicity 



1 * 



^ .=1 



The convergent in (56) can with Omission of the factor 



1 



y- be written 



Rji^ogU^Ara-'-ar'-e^^' 



i dt i^i — 



i — x ,._j^ 



The product 



k »■ »>,■ 



entering in the last expression is a polynoraial of the degree f.i^ 

 with respect to {azy, where z — e ^. 



