Geometry, analysis, and the baptism of slaves: John West in Scotland and Jamaica

DOI10.1006/hmat.1997.2174zbMath0899.01011OpenAlexW2042110638WikidataQ60164112 ScholiaQ60164112MaRDI QIDQ1386711

Alex D. D. Craik

Publication date: 15 November 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1997.2174

zbMATH Keywords

history of analysisJohn West

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03) History of geometry (51-03)

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