Stieltjes. Essai sur la théorie des nombres. 1895.
Copy of the mathematicien Gerhard Kowalewski
STIELTJES, Thomas Johannes.
Essai sur la théorie des nombres.
Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1895.
250 €
4to (267x216 mm), (4)-103-(3) pages.
binding: Contemporary quarter cloth, flat spine lettered in gilt.
Title page a little light soiled. Binding a little worn.
First edition.
Stieltjes, best known for the theory of integration that bears his name, was very interested in number theory. This text is one of his most important contributions to it.
COPY OF THE MATHEMATICIAN GERHARD KOWALEWSKI.
provenance: Gerhard Kowalewski (ownership inscription on title).
