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James Gregorie on tangents and the “Taylor” rule for series expansions

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Communicated by D. T. Whiteside & C. Truesdell

This article is a modified version of chapter 3 of my Ph.D. dissertation, “Studies on James Gregorie (1638–1675)” (Princeton University, 1989). I am grateful to my advisor, Professor Charles C. Gillispie, and to Professor Michael S. Mahoney for their comments and suggestions on the first draft of the chapter. Financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Educación (Research Project PB90-0692) is gratefully acknowledged.

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Malet, A. James Gregorie on tangents and the “Taylor” rule for series expansions. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 46, 97–137 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00375656

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