Irrational numbers in English language textbooks, 1890--1915: Constructions and postulates for the completeness of the real numbers

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(92)90074-LzbMath0755.01023MaRDI QIDQ1194114

R. P. Burn

Publication date: 27 September 1992

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

completenessirrational numbersDedekind cutsH. B. Fine

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03)

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