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Decomposition of a Nonlinear Multivariate Function using the Heaviside Step Function

General Mathematics 2014-05-22 v2

Abstract

Whereas the Dirac delta function introduced by P. A. M. Dirac in 1930 in his famous quantum mechanics text has been well studied, a not famous formula related to the delta function using the Heaviside step function in a single-variable form, also given in Dirac's text, has been poorly studied. We demonstrate the decomposition of a nonlinear multivariate function into a sum of integrals in which each integrand is composed of a derivative of the function and a direct product of Heaviside step functions. It is an extension of Dirac's single-variable form to that for multiple variables. Moreover, it remains mathematically equivalent to the definition of the Dirac delta function with multiple variables, and offers a mathematically unified expression.

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@article{arxiv.1404.4338,
  title  = {Decomposition of a Nonlinear Multivariate Function using the Heaviside Step Function},
  author = {Eisuke Chikayama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.4338},
  year   = {2014}
}

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