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The mapping, tex2html_wrap_inline470

Note that any horizontal strip of width tex2html_wrap_inline472 maps into the entire w-plane. So, for the inverse function, tex2html_wrap_inline476 , a single plane maps into a strip and the mapping requires an infinite set of z-planes to cover the w-plane.

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Figure 9: Mapping of tex2html_wrap_inline487 for the region, tex2html_wrap_inline589  



Norm Bleistein
Thu Jan 23 13:21:29 MST 1997