Comments on a paper on alleged misconceptions regarding the history of analysis: who has misconceptions?

DOI10.1007/s10699-015-9424-0zbMath1368.01023OpenAlexW575677151MaRDI QIDQ2013405

Gert Schubring

Publication date: 17 August 2017

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-015-9424-0

zbMATH Keywords

Cauchyinfinitesimalsnon-standard analysishermeneuticscounter-statementscientific ethic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• Ten misconceptions from the history of analysis and their debunking
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