Banishing divergence Part 2: Limits of oscillatory sequences, and applications
Abstract
Sequences diverge either because they head off to infinity or because they oscillate. Part 1 \cite{Part1} of this paper laid the pure mathematics groundwork by defining Archimedean classes of infinite numbers as limits of smooth sequences. Part 2 follows that with applied mathematics, showing that general sequences can usually be converted into smooth sequences, and thus have a well-defined limit. Each general sequence is split into the sum of smooth, periodic (including Lebesgue integrable), chaotic and random components. The mean of each of these components divided by a smooth sequence, or the mean of the mean, will usually be a smooth sequence, and so the oscillatory sequence will have at least a leading term limit. Examples of limits of oscillatory sequences with well-defined limits are given. Methodologies are included for a way to calculate limits on the reals and on complex numbers, a way to evaluate improper integrals by limit of a Riemann sum, and a way to square the Dirac delta function.
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@article{arxiv.1108.4952,
title = {Banishing divergence Part 2: Limits of oscillatory sequences, and applications},
author = {David Alan Paterson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.4952},
year = {2011}
}
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15 pages, 1 figure