Cauchy and the continuum: the significance of non-standard analysis for the history and philosophy of mathematics

DOI10.1007/BF03023263zbMath0398.01009MaRDI QIDQ1254295

Imre Lakatos

Publication date: 1978

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

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Cauchy and the ContinuUm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continuity and related questions (modulus of continuity, semicontinuity, discontinuities, etc.) for real functions in one variable (26A15) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Nonstandard models in mathematics (03H05) History of real functions (26-03) Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80)

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