Convergence and Formal Manipulation of Series from the Origins of Calculus to About 1730.
In this paper I illustrate the evolution of series theory from Leibniz and Newton to the first decades of the eighteenth century. Although mathematicians used convergent series to solve geometric problems, they manipulated series by a mere extension of the rules valid for finite series, without cons...
| Publicado en: | Annals of Science Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 179 - 200 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2002
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