On some recently discovered manuscripts of Thomas Bayes.

DOI10.1006/hmat.2002.2344zbMath1099.01011OpenAlexW1975624083MaRDI QIDQ1867859

David R. Bellhouse

Publication date: 2 April 2003

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/2bf85bc0bf9e6fb3238cb8c58d3e58ca8d124991

zbMATH Keywords

infinite seriesStirling's approximationRoyal SocietyStanhopetrinomial divisors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convergence and divergence of series and sequences of functions (40A30) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of sequences, series, summability (40-03)

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