University thesis:
Zugl.: Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diplomarbeit
Footnote:
Literaturverz. S. 169 - 178
Description:
This useful handbook summarizes and quotes various investigations on the divergence of the harmonic series and the convergence of ζ(s) (particularly s=2) from the 14th to the 19th century by, among others, Oresme, Mengoli, Leibniz, the Bernoullis, Euler, Riemann and Poisson. An appendix contains biographical notes on those cited.