Euler’s Introductio in analysin infinitorum and the Program of Algebraic Analysis: Quantities, Functions and Numerical Partitions

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

2017

Abstract

After discussing in general Euler's program of algebraic analysis, as it is presented in the Introductio (1748), two particular topics are taken into account: Euler's notion of function and his analytic theory of numerical partitions.

Comments

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of a chapter accepted for publication in Roger Baker (Eds.), Euler Reconsidered. Tercentenary essays. This version may not exactly replicate the final published version.

Copyright

Mathematical Association of America

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