HERMITE, CHARLES.

Sur quelques consequences arithmetiques des formules de la theorie des fonctions elliptiques.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1885. 4to. With the original wrappers in "Acta Mathematica, 5:4. Band]. No backstrip. Fine and clean. Pp. 297-330. [Entire issue: Pp. 297-408, 83-123 + 2 folded plates.].

First printing of Hermite's paper on the arithmetical consequences of the theory of elliptic functions.

Charles Hermite (1822-1901), French mathematician, made significant contributions to pure mathematics, and especially to number theory and algebra.
In 1858 he solved the equation of the fifth degree by elliptic functions, and in 1873 he proved that e (the base of natural logarithms) is transcendental. The legacy of his work can be shown in the large number of mathematical terms which bear the adjective 'Hermitian'.

The present issue also contain the following paper:
Fiedler, W.: Über die Durchdringung gleichseitiger Rotationshyperboloide von parallelen Axen (mit zwei Tafeln).

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