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A mathematical interpretation of Dirac δ function

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The two conditions (see[1] p. 58)

$$\delta (x) = 0,for x \ne 0$$
(1.1)
$$\int_{ - \infty }^{ + \infty } {\delta (x)dx = 1} $$
(1.2)

of the Dirac δ function are inconsistent in standard analysis.

In this paper, the author began by studying the integral of the functions on the nucleon α(0), and then, making use of the point function in infinitesimal analysis to define the Dirac δ function δ(x) so that it satisfies the condition (1.2) and δ(x)=0, forxR and x≠0

Some various examples of Dirac δ functions have been presented and some properties of the δ function have been derived.

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Communicated by Zhou Lu

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Jin-ru, W. A mathematical interpretation of Dirac δ function. Appl Math Mech 2, 361–364 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01877401

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