James Stirling's Methodus Differentialis
Subtitle: An Annotated Translation of Stirling's Text (Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781852337230
Subjects: History of mathematics; Infinite series; Numerical analysis; History & Philosophy; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Applied; Mathematical Analysis; Acceleration of convergence; Analysis; Interpolation; Mathematics / Applied; Mathematics / History; Mathematics : History & Philosophy; Mathematics : Mathematical Analysis; Stirling numbers; Stirling's formula; General; Early works to 1800
First sentence: In this first part I have tried to shorten the calculations in the quadrature of curves, and also in more difficult problems, namely by attaining the values of infinite series more readily than by simple addition of terms as is commonly done.