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Introduced by Hans Hahn in 1907.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A type of formal infinite series, a generalization of Puiseux series. They allow for arbitrary exponents of the indeterminate so long as the set supporting them forms a well-ordered subset of the value group. Full definition →
Introduced by Hans Hahn in 1907.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.