History of Continued Fractions and Padé Approximants

By Claude Brezinski

Book Overview

Continued fractions and Pad approximants have played an important role in the development of many branches of mathematics, such as spectral theory of operator the transcendence of +. The book is the first on the subject. It presents a chronological and complete history of continued fractions and Pad approximants. A bibliography of 2500 items and a biographical index of the 1500 persons quoted are included.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642634885
• ISBN13: 9783642634888
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 551 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"