Errors in the posing of exercise 9.

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I have been looking at exercise 9.12 on page 175. After a while I began to
think that it must contain some errors and finally decided that the errors
mentioned on the Oxford University web site - here, which point out that <
and < − γ on lines 12 and 13 of the same page should be interchanged, also
apply to the exercise at the foot of the page.

So, according to me, exercise [9.12] should read:

”Why does ’holomorphic functions on < − γ, reduced modulo holomorphic

functions on <’ become the definition of a hyperfunction that we had
previously, when < − γ splits into <− and <+ ?”

However I think it would be easier to understand if it were written as:

”When < − γ splits into <− and <+ , why does the phrase - ’holomorphic
functions on < − γ, reduced modulo holomorphic functions on <’ - become
the definition of a hyperfunction that we had previously?”

Error in the caption to RTR Figure 9.14 on page 173

The final sentence of the caption should read: ’The actual hyperfunction,
on γ, is (f, g) modulo quantities (h,h), where h is holomorphic on the union
< of <− ,γ, and <+ .’

Introduction
Penrose has classified this exercise as ’very straightforward’.
You need to make sure you understand thoroughly sections 9.6 and 9.7.
Only then is this exercise very straightforward.

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Exercise 9.12

Figure 1: Hyperfunctions

Figure 1(a) above shows the more general case in which the region < − γ
consists of a single connected piece and so the two holomorphic functions f
and g used to define the hyperfunction are simply two parts of the same
holomorphic function. (see also RTR figure 9.15(b), page 174)

Figure 1(b) above shows the particular case in which the end points of γ
coincide with the boundary of <. In this situation < − γ breaks into two
separate disconnected pieces <− and <+ . (see also RTR figure 9.15(a), page
174)
So as we move from the general case to the particular case, the phrase
’holomorphic functions on < − γ’ becomes ’holomorphic functions on
< − γ = <− + <+ ’, and it is then possible to use two distinct holomorphic
functions - one defined on <− and one defined on <+ . Also the phrase
’reduced modulo holomorphic functions on <’ now refers to a region <
which is now the same as R− + γ + <+ .
This is now the same as the original definition of hyperfunction as
described in RTR Figure 9.14 on page 173.