The techniques applied to the computation of special functions had much wider applicability including interpolation, stability of recurrence relations and asymptotic behaviour.
However, this terminology has been challenged and the potential applicability of memristor theory to any physically realizable device is open to question.
Currently (2012), the applicability of the second and third edition is somewhat overlapping depending on the products under consideration and the country/area of application.
With respect to these newly domesticated transnational rights, former barriers to rights recognition based on nationality and territoriality would no longer affect applicability.