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James Stirling's Methodus Differentialis : an Annotated Translation of Stirling's Text /

James Stirling's "Methodus Differentialis" is one of the early classics of numerical analysis. It contains not only the results and ideas for which Stirling is chiefly remembered, for example, Stirling numbers and Stirling's asymptotic formula for factorials, but also a wealth of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tweddle, Ian
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London, 2003.
Series:Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.
Subjects:
Mathematics.
Global analysis (Mathematics)
Numerical analysis.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Some Mathematical Points
  • Summary of the Contents of Stirling's Text
  • Stirling's Principal Calculations
  • <STRONG>Stirling's Text in Translation:</STRONG> Preface; Introduction; Part I: On the Summation of Series; Part II: On the Interpolation of Series
  • Notes
  • Appendix: Stirling's Letter to De Moivre Dated 17th June 1729
  • References
  • Index.