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In Sec. 3 of the preceding essay we saw that the concept of a function was distinguished as a separate object of study after methods were developed for representing it in the form of an analytic expression, as a formula containing a generally infinite number of rather simple, elementary mathematical symbols.
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Medvedev, F.A. (1991). Sequences of functions. Various kinds of convergence. In: Scenes from the History of Real Functions. Science Networks · Historical Studies, vol 7. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8660-4_3
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