Cauchy's infinitesimals, his sum theorem, and foundational paradigms
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Publication:1616116
DOI10.1007/s10699-017-9534-yzbMath1398.01014arXiv1704.07723OpenAlexW2608300630MaRDI QIDQ1616116
Piotr Błaszczyk, Mikhail G. Katz, Thomas McGaffey, David M. Schaps, Tiziana Bascelli, David Sherry, Kanovei, Vladimir, Alexandre V. Borovik, Karin Usadi Katz, Semen S. Kutateladze
Publication date: 31 October 2018
Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.07723
History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03) One-variable calculus (26A06) Nonstandard analysis (26E35)
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