On the noncommutative neutrix product of distributions (Q2472100)

Summary: Let \(f\) and \(g\) be distributions and let \(g_n = (g *\delta_n)(x)\), where \(\delta_n(x)\) is a certain sequence converging to the Dirac-delta function \(\delta(x)\). The noncommutative neutrix product \(f\circ g\) of \(f\) and \(g\) is defined to be the neutrix limit of the sequence \(\{fg_n\}\), provided that the limit \(h\) exists in the sense that \(N\)-\(\lim_{n\to\infty}\langle f(x)g_n(x),\phi(x)\rangle =\langle h(x),\phi(x)\rangle\) for all test functions in \(\mathcal D\). In this paper, using the concept of the neutrix limit due to \textit{J.\,C.\thinspace Van der Corput} [J.~Anal.\ Math.\ 7, 281--398 (1960; Zbl 0097.10503)], the noncommutative neutrix products \(x^r_+\ln x_+\circ x_-^{-r-1}\ln x_-\) and \(x_-^{-r-1}\ln x_-\circ x_+^r\ln x_+\) are proved to exist and are evaluated for \(r = 1,2,\dots\). It is consequently seen that these two products are, in fact, equal.