The Rise and Development of the Theory of Series up to the Early 1820s

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ferraro, Giovanni (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Σειρά: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Functions of real variables.; Sequences (Mathematics).; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Sequences, Series, Summability.; Real Functions.; Analysis.

The theory of series in the 17th and 18th centuries poses several interesting problems to historians. Most of the results derived from this time were derived using methods which would be found unacceptable today, and as a result, when one looks back to the theory of series prior to Cauchy without re...