Orders of Infinity
The 'Infinitarcalcul' of Paul Du Bois-Reymond
Published on 26. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-1-107-49366-7 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1910 as number twelve in the Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics series, this book provides an up-to-date version of Du Bois-Reymond's Infinitaercalcuel by the celebrated English mathematician G. H. Hardy. This tract will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of mathematics or the theory of functions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
104 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-49366-7 (9781107493667)
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. Scales of infinity in general; 3. Logarithmico-exponential scales; 4. Special problems connected with logarithmico-exponential scales; 5. Functions which do not conform to any logarithmico-exponential scale; 6. Differentiation and integration; 7. Some developments of Du Bois-Reymond's Infinitaercalcuel; Appendix 1. General bibliography; Appendix 2. A sketch of some applications, with references; Appendix 3. Some numerical results.