On the development of symbolic calculus in the last third of the 19th century
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 0972.01025
publication date: 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A55
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 34-03
zbMATH DE Number: 1595592
zbMATH Keywords: differential equations
zbMATH Keywords: Vashchenko-Zakharchenko
zbMATH Keywords: Letnikov
zbMATH Keywords: Nekrasov
zbMATH Keywords: Grelle
zbMATH Keywords: Frobenius
zbMATH Keywords: Cazzaniga
zbMATH Keywords: Pincherle
zbMATH Keywords: Spottiswoode
MaRDI profile type: Publication
author: E. A. Efimova
title: On the development of symbolic calculus in the last third of the 19th century
published in: Istoriko-Matematicheskie Issledovaniya. Vtoraya Seriya
review text: This article gives a survey of the development of symbolic methods in differential equations in the late nineteenth century. The article is divided by countries and covers, among others, the work of the Russians Vashchenko-Zakharchenko, Letnikov, Nekrasov, and Sonin, the Germans Schlömilch, Grelle, and Frobenius, the Italians Cazzaniga, Pincherle, Amaldi, and the British Spottiswoode, (William) Russell, and Gleisher.
reviewed by: Roger L. Cooke
description: scientific article