The Prehistory of the Theory of Distributions |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Distributions in the Development of Functional | 9 |
Early Period The Vibrating String | 15 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Prehistory of the Theory of Distributions Volume 7 of Studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences, ISSN 0172-570X |
| Author | Jesper Lützen |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 4, 2010 |
| ISBN | 3540906479, 9783540906476 |
| Length | 232 pages |
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