Representations of Real Numbers by Infinite Series

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502 J&nos Galambos

Representations of Real Numbers by Infinite Series m

Springer-Verlag Berlin. Heidelberg

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New 9 York 1976

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Author Prof..htnos Galambos Department of Mathematics Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19121 USA

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Galambos, J~nos, 1940Representations of real numbers by infinite series. (Lecture notes in mathematics ; 502) ~i bli ogTaphy : p. Includes index. i. Numbers, ~heory of. 2. Numbers, Real. 3. Series, Infinite. I. Title. II. Series: Lecture notes in mathematics (Berlin) ; 502. QA~.L28 no.50e [q~2kl] 5ZO'.8s [512'.7]

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AMS Subject Classifications (1970): 10-02, 10A30,10 F35,10 K05,10 K10, 10K25 ISBN 3-540-07547-X Springer-V~rlag Berlin Heidelberg 9 N 9 ewYork ISBN 0-387-07547-X Springer-Verlag New York Heidelberg 9 Berlin 9 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under s 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher. 9by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 9 1976 Printed in Germany Offsetdruck: Julius Beltz, Hemsbach/Bergstr.

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Content Introduction The Algorithms

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1.1.

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3.2.

The

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1.3.

The

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Chapter

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II:

general

algorithm series

Questions Cantor's

2.2.

The

2.3.

Miscellaneous

III:

series

Concepts

and T o o l s

3.2.

Borel-Cantelli

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Laws

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3.4.

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