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)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00389433

zbMATH Keywords

D. BernoulliDe MoivreEulerfunctorial functionGaussLegendrerepresentation of \(n'\)Stirling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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