Euler and his work on infinite series
Author:
V. S. Varadarajan
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 515-539
MSC (2000):
Primary 01A50, 40G10, 11M99
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01175-5
Published electronically:
June 26, 2007
MathSciNet review:
2338363
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V. S. Varadarajan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1555
Email:
vsv@math.ucla.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01175-5
Received by editor(s):
April 20, 2007
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
April 23, 2007
Published electronically:
June 26, 2007
Dedicated:
For the 300$^{th}$ anniversary of Leonhard Euler’s birth
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