E661 -- Variae considerationes circa series hypergeometricas
(Several considerations about hypergeometric series)
Summary:
Euler gives an asymptotic approximation for the function f(x) and recognizes that he is trying to interpolate the factorial function introduced in E19.
Publication:
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Originally published in Nova Acta Academiae Scientarum Imperialis Petropolitinae 8, 1794, pp. 3-14
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Opera Omnia: Series 1, Volume 16, pp. 178 - 192
Documents Available:
- Original Document: E661
- Jordan Bell of Carleton University in Ontario has prepared a translation of E661.
- Alexander Aycock has made draft translations into German and English, available online at Euler-Kreis Mainz.
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