Brook Taylor and the method of increments

DOI10.1007/BF00329903MaRDI QIDQ1060200zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors L. Feigenbaum

Publication date 1985

Published in Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

differential equationsTaylor seriesfinite incrementsfinite-difference equationsfluxional equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of real functions (26-03)

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