COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORM
The Editorial Oﬃce of the “Nihonkai Mathematical Journal” (NMJ) requests authors to transfer copyrights
for their articles (including all the electronic versions, such as PDF ﬁles) to the NMJ. Please read this form
carefully and complete, as appropriate, all the information requested and return the form to the Editorial Oﬃce.
If an article was written jointly with (an)other author(s), the signing author needs to inform beforehand thecoauthor(s) of the terms of this copyright transfer and that s/he is signing the transfer on the coauthor(s)behalf as their agent; and must obtain the coauthor(s) authorization to do so. The signing author shall bear
responsibility for designating the coauthor(s) and must inform the NMJ of any changes in authorship. If theauthor’s employer holds the copyright, the employer or an authorized representative of the employer shouldsign. If the author signs, it is understood that doing so is with the authorization of the employer and with theemployer’s acceptance of the terms of the transfer. The author(s) reserve(s) the right to use all or part of thesubject article, without fee, in future works of their own. In such cases, the source (example: Nihonkai Math. J.,
18, 1–7) should be indicated.
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This Agreement is by and between the NMJ (Nihonkai Mathematical Journal) and the Author:In consideration of the following mutual undertakings, it is agreed:
1. The Author has created an article entitled as follows and owns the copyright to the article.
Article Title:
NMJ Volume:, No.:, Pages:

2. The Author hereby grants to the NMJ a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid up, royalty-freelicense to publish the article in electronic form, paper form, or any other format or medium, at any timeand in any context. The NMJ shall also have the right to include the article as part of its collection
available on interlibrary loan.
3. The Author agrees that s/he shall not publish the article in any other journal, whether electronic or otherwise, in the same or substantially the same form as the article, without acknowledging prior publicationin the NMJ, and giving the URL for the article’s home page in the home web of the NMJ.
4. The Author agrees to include links to the article’s home page (in the NMJ’s home web) along with any
electronically available copy of the article.
5. The Author warrants that s/he has the full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to grant
the rights granted in this Agreement.
6. The NMJ undertakes to publish the article by placing it on the NMJ’s web.
7. This Agreement shall become eﬀective and binding at the date of formal acceptance of the article forpublication by the NMJ.

• If coauthored, name of representative (printed or block letters):
Copyright holder’s name (printed or block letters):
Copyright holder’s signature:Date:• If the author’s employer holds copyright, please ﬁll in below.
Name of employer’s representative (printed or block letters):Representative’s title (printed or block letters):
Name of organization (printed or block letters):

Please mail the completed form to: Editorial Oﬃce of the NMJ, Department of Mathematics, Niigata University, Niigata
950–2181, Japan. Tel:+81-25-262-6129, Fax:+81-25-262-6120, E-mail: nmj@math.sc.niigata-u.ac.jp