Nothing is set in stone

McKee, S (2022) Nothing is set in stone. Mathematics Today, 58 (4). ISSN 1361-2042

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Abstract

This note is concerned with the Laplace inversion of a function with two branch points. It employs the Bromwich contour from first principles to correct a result which has been in print for nearly 60 years.