The early history of the factorial function

DOI10.1007/BF00389433zbMATH Open0766.01009WikidataQ56139017 ScholiaQ56139017MaRDI QIDQ1205970FDOQ1205970

Authors: Jacques Dutka 

Publication date: 1 April 1993

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

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zbMATH Keywords

EulerLegendreStirlingGaussDe MoivreD. Bernoullifunctorial functionrepresentation of \(n'\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

Cites Work

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• The early history of the hypergeometric function
• Der Mathematiker Abraham de Moivre (1667--1754)
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