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Relationships among the classes ${\cal M}$, ${\cal M}_\infty$, and ${\cal M}_{-\infty}$ and the class of \emph{O}-regularly varying functions are shown. These results are based on two characterizations of ${\cal M}$, ${\cal M}_\infty$, and…

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