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Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat., 1968 Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages 788–819 (Mi im2492)

On the successive derivatives of functions in a quasianalytic class

G. V. Badalyan


Abstract: In this paper we investigate the question of the signs in the sequence $\{(-1)^n\varphi_n(u)\}$, where $\varphi_0(u)=\varphi(u)$, $\varphi_1(u)=\varphi'(u)$, $\dots$,
$$ \varphi_{k+1}(u)=\varphi{k+1}(u)_\gamma=\biggl(\frac{\varphi_k(u)}{u^{\gamma_k-\gamma_{k-1}-1}}\biggr)', \quad k=1,2,\dots, $$
$0=\gamma_0<\gamma_1\leqslant\gamma_2\leqslant\dots\leqslant\gamma_n\leqslant\dots\to\infty$, when the real function $\varphi(t)$ belongs to a certain quasianalytic class in the sense of Carleman (according to the classification suggested by the author). A particular corollary of the result given in the paper is the correctness of Borel's hypothesis that there cannot exist a quasianalytic function $f(x)$ all of whose derivatives are positive at a given point in the domain of quasianalyticity of the function, except when the function is analytic.

UDC: 517.5

MSC: 40A05, 40A30, 40G10

Received: 10.02.1967


 English version:
Mathematics of the USSR-Izvestiya, 1968, 2:4, 745–779

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