Sur la fonction exponentielle. (In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, vol 77, pp.18-24 74-79 226-233 285-293). - [IMPORTANT PAPER IN NUMBER THEORY]

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1873. 4to. (282x225mm). Entire volume (1628 pp.) offered here in original blank wrappers, unopened. An exceptionally fine copy. 4 parts

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First edition of Hermite's epoch-making memoir in which he proved the transcendence of e, and thus initiated a new era in number theory. A decade later Lindemann used the method of Hermite's work to establish the transcendence of pi.