On Euler's attempt to compute logarithms by interpolation: a commentary to his letter of February 16, 1734 to Daniel Bernoulli

DOI10.1016/j.cam.2006.11.027zbMath1146.01004OpenAlexW2073527883MaRDI QIDQ935800

Walter Gautschi

Publication date: 8 August 2008

Published in: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2006.11.027

zbMATH Keywords

\(q\)-analogue of the logarithmEuler's correspondence with Daniel Bernoulliinterpolation series for the logarithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of numerical analysis (65-03)

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