English Title
On progressions of arcs of circles, of which the accompanying tangents proceed by a certain law
Enestrom Number
280
Fuss Index
147
Original Language
Latin
Archive Notes
According to Jacobi, a treatise with this title was read to the Berlin Academy on November 23, 1758. According to St. Petersburg Academy records, it was presented to that Academy on October 15, 1759.
Content Summary
Euler converts arctangents of reciprocals of quadratics into continued fractions and then gets some angles as continued fractions of quadratics. Faber says this is related to E74.
Published as
Journal article
Published Date
1764
Written Date
1758
Original Source Citation
Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae, Volume 9, pp. 40-52.
Opera Omnia Citation
Series 1, Volume 15, pp.16-30.
Record Created
2018-09-25