Definite values of infinite sums: Aspects of the foundations of infinitesimal analysis around 1820

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DOI10.1007/BF00329867zbMath0766.01011WikidataQ55877842 ScholiaQ55877842MaRDI QIDQ1203005

Detlef Laugwitz

Publication date: 9 February 1993

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)




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