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1Department of Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State College
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The results of this investigation were presented in part to the American Mathematical Society on September 9, 1930. Research on this topic was continued while the author was National Research Council Fellow at the University of Chicago in 1931-32. Minor revisions have been made since.