Definition:Farey Sequence/Historical Note/Mistake
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Source Work
1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.)
2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.):
- Farey sequence (of order $n$)
Mistake
- Farey sequence (of order $n$) (C. Haros, 1802; J. Farey; 1816)
Correction
The work done by C. Haros was in fact $1801$:
- 1801: Charles Haros: Tables pour évaluer une fraction ordinaire avec autant de decimals qu'on voudra; et pour trouver la fraction ordinaire la plus simple, et qui approche sensiblement d'une fraction décimale (J. l'École Polytechnique Vol. 6, no. 11: pp. 364 – 368)
Sources
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