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A helpful result for proving inherent ambiguity

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Preparation of this manuscript supported by Air Force Contract F44620 68-C-0030.

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Ogden, W. A helpful result for proving inherent ambiguity. Math. Systems Theory 2, 191–194 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01694004

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