Paul David Gustav du Bois-Reymond

1831 - 1889

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Paul du Bois-Reymond gave a continuous function whose Fourier series diverges at a point (and in fact at a dense set of points).
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List of References (5 books/articles)

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. Stäckel's review of du Bois-Reymond's
    Die allgemeine Functionentheorie (1882)

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  1. University of Heidelberg (In German)
  1. Mathematical Genealogy Project
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