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Mariano Giaquinta and Giuseppe Modica
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Mariano Giaquinta: Scuola Normale Superiore, Dipartimento di Matematica
Giuseppe Modica: Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata

Chapter 6 in Mathematical Analysis, 2004, pp 187-234 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Processes of infinite summation or infinite series, or, simply, series have appeared since ancient times. Aristotle (384BC-322BC) in his Physics seems to be aware that the geometric series $$1 + q + {q^2} + {q^3} + \cdots $$ has a finite sum if |q|

Keywords: Taylor Series; Cauchy Sequence; Piecewise Constant Function; Geometric Series; Positive Term (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4414-7_6

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