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| In the history of mathematics, the '''generality of algebra''' was a phrase used by [[Augustin-Louis Cauchy]] to describe a method of argument that was used in the 18th century by mathematicians such as [[Leonhard Euler]] and [[Joseph-Louis Lagrange]],<ref name=Jahnke>{{citation|title=A history of analysis|first=Hans Niels|last=Jahnke|publisher=American Mathematical Society|year=2003|isbn=978-0-8218-2623-2|page=131|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CVRZEXFVsZkC&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=%22generality+of+algebra%22&source=bl&ots=icvz3HDt-f&sig=I6HC4wAtEYHhLVuz4THFHa6YXok&hl=en&ei=T3S8Ta-bEs2ftwfmt9XVBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAg}}.</ref> particularly in manipulating infinite series. According to Koetsier,<ref name=Koetsier>{{citation|first=Teun|last=Koetsier|title=Lakatos' philosophy of mathematics: A historical approach|publisher=North-Holland|year=1991|pages=206–210}}.</ref> the generality of algebra principle assumed, roughly, that the algebraic rules that hold obviously for a certain class of expressions can be extended to hold more generally on a larger class of objects, even if the rules are no longer obviously valid. As a consequence, 18th century mathematicians believed that they could derive meaningful results by applying the usual rules of algebra and calculus that hold for finite expansions even when manipulating infinite expansions. In works such as ''[[Cours d'Analyse]]'', Cauchy rejected the use of "generality of algebra" methods and sought a more rigorous foundation for [[mathematical analysis]].
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| An example<ref name=Koetsier/> is Euler's derivation of the series
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| {{NumBlk|:|<math>\frac{\pi - x}{2} = \sin x + \frac{1}{2}\sin 2x + \frac{1}{3}\sin 3x+\cdots</math>|{{EquationRef|1}}}}
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| for <math>0<x<\pi</math>. He first evaluated the identity
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| :<math>\frac{1-r\cos x}{1-2r\cos x + r^2} = 1 + r\cos x + r^2\cos2x+r^3\cos 3x+\cdots</math>
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| at <math>r=1</math> to obtain
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| :<math>0 = \frac{1}{2} + \cos x + \cos 2x + \cos 3x + \cdots.</math> | |
| The infinite series on the right hand side of this expression diverges for all real <math>x</math>. But nevertheless integrating this term-by-term gives ({{EquationNote|1}}), an identity which is known to be true by modern methods.
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Mathematical analysis]]
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| [[Category:History of calculus]]
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