International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2004 (2004), Issue 11, Pages 579-598
doi:10.1155/S0161171204305260

Integral transforms, convolution products, and first variations

Bong Jin Kim,1 Byoung Soo Kim,2 and David Skoug3

1Department of Mathematics, Daejin University, Pocheon 487-711, South Korea
2University College, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
3Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln 68588-0323, NE, USA

Received 21 May 2003

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Abstract

We establish the various relationships that exist among the integral transform α,βF, the convolution product (FG)α, and the first variation δF for a class of functionals defined on K[0,T], the space of complex-valued continuous functions on [0,T] which vanish at zero.