scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1233758

Publication date 17 December 1998

binomial theorem center of geometrical forms infinite series mathematical method

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics (01A75)

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This volume continues the critical edition of Bernard Bolzano's mathematical diary, the \textit{Miscellanea Mathematica}, with notebook 12 written from about the beginning of February 1815 to the second half of April of the same year. It contains above all the results of Bolzano's examination of mathematical textbooks and papers, but also independent investigations especially concerning improvements of his proof of the binomial theorem. Among further topics treated are in general geometry the problem of the center of a figure, in algebra investigations on Moivre's formula \((\cos\varphi + i\sin\varphi)^m = \cos m\varphi + i \sin m \varphi\), in general mathematics on infinite series in connection with his discussion of the binomial theorem, in analysis a discussion of infinitely small quantities, in mechanics some ideas on Maupertuis's principle of least action and finally some interesting considerations on the mathematical method. The introduction by B. van Rootselaar (pp. 11--23) gives helpful hints on relevant topics treated by Bolzano. The edition is as excellent as the other volumes of this series.

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