IMPORTANT PAPER IN NUMBER THEORY

HERMITE, CHARLES. - HERMITE'S THEOREM.

Sur la fonction exponentielle. (In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, vol 77, pp.18-24; 74-79; 226-233; 285-293).

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1873. 4to. (282x225mm). Entire volume (1628 pp.) offered here in original blank wrappers, unopened. An exceptionally fine copy. 4 parts

First edition 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.

Order-nr.: 38036