Doc. 3 37 HX and Lea. a? a? The above equation may also be written as ay) ote / a? Hence, if we choose a to be positive and n > 2, we will always have 8) which is what had to be proved. We use this result to prove that A is positive. We had found where w(E) = J dpy.-ddy » and E lies between E and E+ 6E. By definition, w(E) is necessarily positive, hence we have only to show that w'(E) too is always positive. We choose E, and By such that E»>E, and prove that w(E,) > w(E,) and resolve w(B,) into infinitely many sunmands of the form que] = dp yey J day-+-d0, In the integral indicated, the p's have definite values, which are such that V¢ By. The limits of integration of the integral are characterized by 1 lying between Ey - V and Ey + 68 - V. To each such infinitesimally small sunmand corresponds a term out of w(E9) of magnitude a[w(By)] = dpy.--d?, J day. -da»