Convergence and formal manipulation in the theory of series from 1730 to 1815

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2005.08.004zbMath1169.01010OpenAlexW2001300431WikidataQ56687834 ScholiaQ56687834MaRDI QIDQ885086

Giovanni Ferraro

Publication date: 8 June 2007

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2005.08.004

zbMATH Keywords

convergencedifferential equationsformal methodstranscendental functionstrigonometric seriesseries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of sequences, series, summability (40-03)

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