Talk:Mercator series
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Saint-Vincent ?[edit]
According to MathWorld, Mercator was the first to publish the series in 1668; yet Saint-Vincent who independently discovered it died in 1667. Did Saint-Vincent not publish the result in his lifetime, or is MathWorld wrong? Fredrik Johansson - talk - contribs 00:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
- On page 60 of Anton_von_Braunmühl's book there is mention of Saint-Vincent in the same sentence that refers to Mercator series. A misreading of that sentence may have led to the absurd statement noted by Fredrik. — Rgdboer (talk) 02:42, 1 November 2020 (UTC)