Infinite series | Math History | NJ Wildberger

We discuss various uses of infinite series in the 17th and 18th centuries. In particular we look at the geometric series, power series of log, the Gregory-Newton interpolation formula, Taylor's formula, the Bernoulli's, Eulers summation of the reciprocals of the squares as pi squared over 6, the harmonic series, product expansion of sinx, the zeta function and Euler's product expansion for it, the exponential function, complex values and finally the circular functions too! Video Contents: 00:00 Infinte series 00:46 18th century mathematicians 02:40 Geometric series 03:40 Infinite polynomials 09:49 Gregory Newton Interpolation Formula 18:02 Taylor's Theorem 22:50 Leonard Euler Basel - Berlin -St Petersburg 25:11 Introduction to Analysis Infinitorum 1748 29:48 Descartes' Factor theorem 42:58 Bernoulli numbers ( James Bernoulli -Probability) 46:58 The zeta function 53:29 The Riemann Hypothesis 1:03:00 Euler's formula for complex exponential ************************ Screenshot PDFs for my videos are available at the website http://wildegg.com. These give you a concise overview of the contents of the lectures for various Playlists: great for review, study and summary. My research papers can be found at my Research Gate page, at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Norman_Wildberger My blog is at http://njwildberger.com/, where I will discuss lots of foundational issues, along with other things. Online courses will be developed at openlearning.com. The first one, already underway is Algebraic Calculus One at https://www.openlearning.com/courses/algebraic-calculus-one/ Please join us for an exciting new approach to one of mathematics' most important subjects! If you would like to support these new initiatives for mathematics education and research, please consider becoming a Patron of this Channel at https://www.patreon.com/njwildberger Your support would be much appreciated. Here are the Insights into Mathematics Playlists: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL55C7C83781CF4316 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3C58498718451C47 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5A714C94D40392AB https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85BhzJ-oWNug1YtUjfWp1qAp https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85Bfc-S4WHvTIM7E-ir3nAOf https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85D94vHAB8joyFTH4dmVJ_Fw https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8403C2F0C89B1333 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85CcGpZpO542YLPeDIf1jqXK https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85Aqe2b4FBWUGJdYROT6-o4e https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85DB7CzoFWvA920NES3g8tJH https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85A-qCypcmZqRvaS1pGXpTua https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85DH__ZzGQWQrVRxlbKh-Nsa https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85CdeBmQZ2QiCEnPQn5KQ6ov https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85AMigTyprOuf__daeklnLse https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85CnIGIWb7tH1F_S2PyOC8rb https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85CN9oJ4gYkuSQQhAtpIucuI https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85DWUiFYYGqJVtfnkUFWkKtP https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6763F57A61FE6FE8 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBF39AFBBC3FB30AF https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85DSrlV6NX8RMBksZhdTHtwW https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85Bmcc9ksBOAKgIZAl0BwPg7 Here are the Wild Egg Maths Playlists (some available only to Members!) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz4rKFN541wFKvKPSg5Ea6XB https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz4VlOppC5CN0D0GjrjvBGKy https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz5VLVr-0LPPgm4T1mtU_DG- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz6zpIZ4Y_RK9zyJ9OufqNJv https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz7hk_Kzj4zDF_kUXBCtiGn6 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz5j1BJdXBw1MFst_nQAqzZ_ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz5HWgaVkhIwpGVKi6fciRxW https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz5HBT_Yo1G4DfeqUfI9zkKM https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz7LKbuJAHaXAhRj2ylD0OoX https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz6VcJQ5xcuqY6g4DWjvpmjM https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz6MwUTOHRgC0oIxVtaHGQBd https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz4KD007Ge10dfrDVc4YwlYS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdiPTrEWyz4IknbwXMEVwxOWS3z1Ch3C ************************