Paper, 'On the developement [sic] of exponential functions; together with several new theorems relating to finite differences' by John Frederick W [William] Herschel
Reference number: PT/10/3
Date: 17 November 1815
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Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the developement of exponential functions; together with several new theorems relating to finite differences'.
Written by Herschel in Cambridge. Read 14 December 1815.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.
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- PT/10/3
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- 17 November 1815
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- 29 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Paper, 'On the developement [sic] of exponential functions; together with several new theorems relating to finite differences' by John Frederick W [William] Herschel, 17 November 1815, PT/10/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_10_3/paper-on-the-developement-sic-of-exponential-functions-together-with-several-new-theorems-relating-to-finite-differences-by-john-frederick-w-william-herschel, accessed on 10 July 2025
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