Note on the derivative of the hyperbolic cotangent

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/35/18/313MaRDI QIDQ4465686zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors G. W. Ford, R. F. O'Connell

Publication date 9 June 2004

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0301073, http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/48839

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operations with distributions and generalized functions (46F10)

Abstract: In a letter to Nature (Ford G W and O'Connell R F 1996 Nature 380 113) we presented a formula for the derivative of the hyperbolic cotangent that differs from the standard one in the literature by an additional term proportional to the Dirac delta function. Since our letter was necessarily brief, shortly after its appearance we prepared a more extensive unpublished note giving a detailed explanation of our argument. Since this note has been referenced in a recent article (Estrada R and Fulling S A 2002 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 35 3079) we think it appropriate that it now appear in print. We have made no alteration to the original note.

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