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Finally, it should be remarked that even for w<1/3 À differs
 significantly from unity only for very small values of ©
and very large values of #. In fact, we have the following
fable (1) (3):

Values ni

A

0.05 | 0.10

0.25

-.00 |
“.03
.18
1.76

L I
0.99 0.96
1.04 1.00
1.22 | I.12
L.77 1.37

D.50

I
0.89
0.87
0.89
0.03

ND.78/

I
0.82
0.76
0.72
0.69
0.67

È
0.75
0.67
0.60
0-55
o.«

For the particularly important case, n=2, we have

A I+20
(I+w)?

whence

3/4 <A

It will be recalled that

A —

1
2

for

mn = OO

(3)

) Relation (526-5). .
2) The values of A for n=c are given only for indicative purposes.
si goes without saying that verv large values of n are completely unrealistic.

(®) Relation (528-2).

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