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 FUNCTIONS OF COMPLEX VARIABLES 393

where g(Ç) = f/ì(f) + tfi(T)]/2 and p(f) = /J(f)/2 [NACA T.N. No. 1170,
March, 1947] and establishes the theorem: Given a simple closed analytic curve
r in the z-plane; then fixing p(f) (p(f) regular in | f | ^ 1), there always exists
a g($), regular in | J | è 1, such that T(g) maps | f | _ä 1 simply onto the closed
domain exterior to T, infinity going into infinity. This is done by showing that
the nonlinear functional equation in g: log | $[T{g(£)}] | = 0, | f | = 1 , has a
solution, where <£ is the simple analytic function mapping the closed exterior of
T onto | f | ____; 1. This theorem clearly has an association with the Plateau prob-
lem. When p = 0, the theorem reduces to the Riemann mapping theorem.

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AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THE THEORY OF ELLIPTIC

FUNCTIONS
MARIO O. GONZALEZ

Let w = Tan(jz, X) (generalized tangent function) be the solution of the

differential equation (dw/dz)2 = 1 + 2\w2 + w4 (z, w, X complex) with the con-
ditions w = 0, wf = + 1 for z = 0. This is an elliptic function of order two having
at mK + niK' & zero when m + n is even, a pole when m + n is odd, 2K and
2iKf being a primitive pair of periods. This function possesses the simple addi-
tion theorem Tan(u + v) = (Tan u Tan'v + Tan'w Tan v)/(l — Tan2w Tan2v)
and the series expansion about the origin Tan z = y^n=o Conz2n^rl/(2n + 1)!,
c^1 = 2(2r + l)[(r + l K + i + (2r + l)Xcrn + rcJLJ, c7 = 0 if s < 0 or s > n,
and c0° = 1. On the other hand z = Tan"1™ = X)"=o (-l) n P n (X)w 2n+1 /(2?i + 1),
where PW(X) denotes the Legendre polynomial of order n and \w \ ^ r,
| X | tè h, 2hr2 + r4 < 1 — e. Other interesting properties are the following:
T a n f e X) = i Tan(z, - X ) , Tan(2 + (2m + 1)K + 2niK') = - 1 / T a n z,
Tan(2 + 2?7iK + (2n + l)iKf) = 1/Tan 2, Tan(s + (2??i + 1)K + (2n + l)iK')
= -Tan;s,Tan(K/2) = 1, Tan(*7f'/2) = i,Tan((2m + l)K/2 + (2n + Y)iK'/2)
= (—l)m7c + ( — l)nikr, where m and n are any integers including zero and
k and W are such that k'2 — I2 = X, /c'2 + k2 = 1. The Jacobian and Weiertrassian
elliptic functions can be defined in terms of the tangent function as follows:
sn z = 2 Tan(s/2)/(l + Tan 2 (z/2)), en z = (1 - Tan 2 (s/2))/(l + Tan 2 (z/2)),
dn z = 2 Tan'(s/2)/(l + Tan 2 (z/2)), tn 0 = 2 Tan(z/2)/(l - Tan 2 (s/2)),
&(z) = ßi + 72/Tan272î, yi = (ei — e2)(e_ — e%), and their properties easily de-
rived from those of Tan z.

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