A legacy from E. I. Zolotarev (1847-1878)

DOI10.1007/BF03028357zbMATH Open0642.01007OpenAlexW2062805223MaRDI QIDQ1101092FDOQ1101092

Authors: John Todd 

Publication date: 1988

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03028357

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zbMATH Keywords

approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of approximations and expansions (41-03)

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