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Ivan Bernoulli series universalissima. (English) Zbl 1201.01011

The author discusses some of the life and works of Johann Bernoulli and Brook Taylor, including the dispute between Bernoulli and Taylor in 1715 over who was the first to discover certain results regarding series. The author also discusses some modern day externsions of some Bernoulli/Taylor work.

MSC:

01A45 History of mathematics in the 17th century
01A50 History of mathematics in the 18th century

Keywords:

Bernoulli; Taylor; series

Biographic References:

Bernoulli, Johann; Taylor, Brook
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