The early history of the factorial function

DOI10.1007/BF00389433MaRDI QIDQ1205970zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Jacques Dutka

Publication date 1 April 1993

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

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)

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