Definition:Weierstrass E-Function/Definition 2

Definition
Let $\mathbf y, \mathbf z, \mathbf w$ be $n$-dimensional vectors.

Let $\mathbf y$ be such that $\map {\mathbf y} a = A$ and $\map {\mathbf y} b = B$.

Let $J$ be a functional such that:


 * $\ds J \sqbrk {\mathbf y} = \int_a^b \map F {x, \mathbf y, \mathbf y'} \rd x$

Let $\theta \in \R: 0 < \theta < 1$.

The following mapping is known as the Weierstrass E-Function of $J \sqbrk {\mathbf y}$:


 * $\ds \map E {x, \mathbf y, \mathbf z, \mathbf w} = \frac 1 2 \sum_{i, k \mathop = 1}^n \paren {w_i - z_i} \paren {w_k - z_k} F_{y_i' y_k'} \paren {x, \mathbf y, \mathbf z + \theta \paren {\mathbf w - \mathbf z} }$

Also see

 * Equivalence of Definitions of Weierstrass E-Function