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Finally, it should be remarked that even for w<1/3 À diff- 
ers 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 unreal- 
istic. 
(®) Relation (528-2). 
11] Allais - pag. 256