Write and . The map
is a surjective ring homomorphism: in , the image of is and . Its kernel is exactly . Indeed, both generators lie in the kernel; conversely, if is even, then
and is even. Hence and the index of a subgroup is .
If were a principal ideal, multiplication by would identify its additive lattice with a sublattice of index
Thus principality would require . This Diophantine equation has no integer solution: would give , while makes the left side at least . Therefore
Let the perturbed interface be . For inviscid disturbances about rest, the initially irrotational velocities remain potential flows,
in the upper layer and lower layer . The rigid walls impose no-penetration boundary condition
and zero normal derivative at . Linearizing the kinematic and pressure-continuity conditions at gives
The horizontal Neumann eigenfunctions are
where are nonnegative integers, not both zero. For time dependence , the vertical factors satisfying the rigid lids are
The kinematic condition gives their interface values
Substitution into the dynamic condition yields the interfacial gravity-wave dispersion relation
For , the lowest nontrivial wavenumber is , with the two degenerate modes and . If , the relation reduces to the finite-depth free-surface result . If , then and disturbances grow exponentially: this is the Rayleigh-Taylor instability.
For a boost of speed in the direction, with
the Lorentz transformation of electromagnetic fields is
Expanding , the mixed terms cancel and the remaining transverse terms acquire the factor . Together with the unchanged longitudinal product, this proves the Lorentz invariant
An independent invariant is
If only and are nonzero, then
and direct subtraction gives
Now put and . Invariance of the dot product gives , while the displayed components give
Hence
At this equals , and as it tends continuously to zero with the same sign. Thus boosts realize every when , and every when .
Inside the infinite square well, the stationary Schrödinger equation for unit mass is
Its normalized eigenstates and energies are
The general normalized time-dependent solution is
Immediately after removing the barrier, the normalized wavefunction is
Its Fourier sine series coefficients in the full-well basis are
They are
The Born rule therefore gives
In the sense of distribution theory, . Since vanishes at zero,
and therefore
Let solve
The spatial Fourier transform turns this into the preceding oscillator equation with , so
Inverting with the supplied radial integral gives the three-dimensional retarded Green function
For zero initial displacement and initial velocity , convolution with this kernel gives the Kirchhoff formula
Thus the value at depends only on the initial data on the sphere of radius , not on its interior. This is the Huygens principle and describes propagation at the finite wave speed .
For a closed piecewise smooth path avoiding , its winding number is
A meromorphic function has a zero of order at when
with holomorphic; it has a pole of order at when extends holomorphically and nonvanishingly there.
The argument principle states that, if has no zero or pole on ,
For a positively oriented simple contour this is the number of enclosed zeros minus poles, counted with multiplicity. It follows from the residue theorem because the residue of at a zero of order is , while at a pole of order it is .
Let
On the imaginary axis,
Thus always lies in the open right half-plane, has no zero there, and its continuous argument has net change zero as the imaginary-axis part of a large right-half-disc contour is traversed. On the right semicircle, uniformly, so the argument change tends to that of , namely . The argument principle therefore gives
roots in the open right half-plane, counted with multiplicity.

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