Euler's 1760 paper on divergent series

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(76)90030-6zbMath0325.01011OpenAlexW2005622607WikidataQ56550962 ScholiaQ56550962MaRDI QIDQ1225036

P. J. Leah, Edward J. Barbeau

Publication date: 1976

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(76)90030-6

zbMATH Keywords

divergent seriesEuler

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of sequences, series, summability (40-03)

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