The history of approximation theory : from Euler to Bernstein

The problem of approximating a given quantity is one of the oldest challenges faced by mathematicians. Its increasing importance in contemporary mathematics has created an entirely new area known as Approximation Theory. The modern theory was initially developed along two divergent schools of though...

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Main Author: Steffens, Karl-Georg
Format: Livre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston : Springer e-books [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
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Edition sous un autre format:• The history of approximation theory, from Euler to Bernstein, Karl-Georg Steffens, 2006, Boston, Birkhäuser, 1 vol. (XIX-219 p.), 978-0-8176-4353-9
Table of Contents:
  • Forerunners Pafnuti Lvovich Chebyshev The Saint Petersburg Mathematical School Development Outside Russia Constructive Function Theory: Kharkiv