The history of the integral _0^ xx\,dx: a history of analysis in a nutshell

DOI10.1007/S00591-007-0016-0MaRDI QIDQ873920zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Hans Fischer

Publication date 20 March 2007

Published in Mathematische Semesterberichte (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00591-007-0016-0

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of real functions (26-03) History of measure and integration (28-03) History of harmonic analysis on Euclidean spaces (42-03)

Review text

What with its oscillating integrand and the infinite range of its variable, this integral was rather hard for the power of the theory of integration of the early 19th century. As the author suggests in the sub-title of his paper, it proved a formidable test case in the development of the evaluation of definite integrals from Euler through Laplace, Fourier, Poisson and Cauchy to a more critical phase featuring Dirichlet and Bonnet and then to assessments at the turn of the centuries by figures such as de la Vallée Poussin and Hardy.

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