A new look at e.g. Björling and the Cauchy sum theorem

DOI10.1007/s00407-007-0005-7zbMath1151.01008OpenAlexW2128273297MaRDI QIDQ2457842

Kajsa Bråting

Publication date: 23 October 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-007-0005-7

zbMATH Keywords

CauchyBjörlinguniversal convergence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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