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Dirac Delta Functions Via Nonstandard Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

A. H. Lightstone  and
Kam Wong
A. H. Lightstone
Affiliation:
Queen's University
Kam Wong
Affiliation:
Queen's University
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We recall that a Dirac delta function δ(x) in the real number system is the idealization of a function that vanishes outside a "short" interval and satisfies It is conceived as a function δ for which δ(0)=+ ∞, δ(t)=0 if t≠0, and This function should possess the "sifting property" for any continuous function f. Even though certain sequences of functions are used, via a limit operation, to approximate a Dirac delta function (for details, see [3] and [4]), no function in has these properties.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 5 , 01 December 1975 , pp. 759 - 762
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1975

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