Convergence and Formal Manipulation of Series from the Origins of Calculus to About 1730

DOI10.1080/00033790010028179zbMath1033.01017WikidataQ56838109 ScholiaQ56838109MaRDI QIDQ4710153

Giovanni Ferraro

Publication date: 19 March 2004

Published in: Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00033790010028179

zbMATH Keywords

convergence of series; A. de Moivre; asymptotic and recurrence series; formal manipulation of series; J. Stirling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A50: History of mathematics in the 18th century

01A45: History of mathematics in the 17th century

40-03: History of sequences, series, summability

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