Leonhard Euler...is it correct that he is the only mathematician whose theories have never been latermodified

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Leonhard Euler...is it correct that he is the only mathematician whose theories have never been latermodified

2006-12-07 07:09:17 · 5 answers · asked by flignar 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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Certainly not! He studied series without the ideas of convergence. Because of this, many of his results with series are not valid today. For example, he wrote

...+1/x^2 +1/x +1 +x +x^2 +...=0

which is a series that never converges.

2006-12-07 08:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by mathematician 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

none of my theories have been modified yet.

2006-12-07 15:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by socialistmath 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋

YES

2006-12-07 15:11:16 · answer #3 · answered by stanley f 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

true statement!!

2006-12-07 15:13:45 · answer #4 · answered by Ray 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋

i should think so

2006-12-07 15:10:57 · answer #5 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋