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Infinite series in a history of analysis : stages up to the verge of summability /
"Higher mathematics" once pointed towards the involvement of infinity. This we label analysis. The ancient Greeks had helped it to a first high point when they mastered the infinite. The book traces the history of analysis along the risky route of serial procedures through antiquity. It to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg,
[2015]
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| Colección: | De Gruyter textbook.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Contents
- 1. The Greek era: Speculation, ideas and the comet of rigor
- 2. Successful experiments on infinite summation
- 3. Series of functions: the prototypes
- 4. Series seriously: the Greek comet reappears
- 5. On the verge of summability
- Appendixes (of notes, proofs, exercises)
- Life Data
- References
- Index.