Euler-Binet Formula/Historical Note

Theorem

The Euler-Binet Formula, derived by Binet in $1843$, was already known to Euler, de Moivre and Daniel Bernoulli over a century earlier.

However, it was Binet who derived the more general Binet Form of which this is an elementary application.


Sources

  • 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $5$
  • 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $5$