I first wrote about the use of infinite series for the purposes of computation in my post Charles Matthew Whish Writes About Infinite Series Known to Indian Mathematicians. In Europe, one of the first to write about infinite series was John Wallis (1616-1703), who published in 1656 his
"Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things," said John von Neumann. "You just get used to them." You're showing that in the origin of these concepts, it was actually quite intuitive and reasonable.
"Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things," said John von Neumann. "You just get used to them." You're showing that in the origin of these concepts, it was actually quite intuitive and reasonable.