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• Until now the theory of infinite series in general has been very badly grounded. One applies all the operations to infinite series…
• With the exception of the geometrical series, there does not exist in all of mathematics a single infinite series the sum of…
• It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils.
• There are very few theorems in advanced analysis which have been demonstrated in a logically tenable manner. Everywhere one finds this miserable…
• By studying the masters and not their pupils.
• He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail.
• I shall devote all my efforts to bring light into the immense obscurity that today reigns in Analysis. It so lacks any…
• The divergent series are the invention of the devil, and it is a shame to base on them any demonstration whatsoever. By…

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