Orthogonal polynomials and continued fractions : from Euler's point of view /
Continued fractions, studied since Ancient Greece, only became a powerful tool in the eighteenth century, in the hands of the great mathematician Euler. This book tells how Euler introduced the idea of orthogonal polynomials and combined the two subjects, and how Brouncker's formula of 1655 can...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ;
v. 122. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
