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Continued fractions only became a powerful tool in the 18th century, in the hands of the mathematician Euler. This book tells how Euler introduced the idea of orthogonal polynomials and combined the two subjects, and how Brouncker's formula of 1655 can be derived from Euler's efforts in special functions and orthogonal polynomials.Khrushchev, Sergey is the author of 'Orthogonal Polynomials and Continued Fractions: From Euler's Point of View', published 2008 under ISBN 9780521854191 and ISBN 0521854199.
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