Some aspects of Euler's theory of series: Inexplicable functions and the Euler-Maclaurin summation formula
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Publication:1277361
DOI10.1006/hmat.1998.2195zbMath0917.01018OpenAlexW2053165190MaRDI QIDQ1277361
Publication date: 2 August 1999
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1998.2195
History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of sequences, series, summability (40-03)
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