HERMITE, CHARLES. - HERMITE'S THEOREM PROOVING THE TRANSCENDALITY OF e.

Sur la fonction exponentielle. (+) Suite... (+) Sur la fonction exponentielle. (+) (Suite). 4 Parts (all).

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1873. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences", Vol 77, Nos 1, 2, 4 a. 5 (4 entire issues offered). Hermite's paper: pp.18-24; 74-79; 226-233; 285-293). With halftitle and titlepage to vol. 77.

First apperance of Hermite's epoch-making memoir in which he proved the transcendence of e, and thus initiated a new era in number theory. A decade later Lindemann used the method of Hermite's work to establish the transcendence of pi.

Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1873 M.

Order-nr.: 47891