Euler and his work on infinite series

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-539

  Varadarajan, V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 41849088486     PISSN: 02730979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01175-5     Document Type: Article

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