Commuting and Noncommuting Infinitesimals

DOI10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.07.631zbMath1280.26047arXiv1304.0583OpenAlexW3104784635WikidataQ58188769 ScholiaQ58188769MaRDI QIDQ2856462

Eric Leichtnam, Mikhail G. Katz

Publication date: 29 October 2013

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.0583

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) History of real functions (26-03) Noncommutative global analysis, noncommutative residues (58J42) Historiography (01A85) Nonstandard analysis (26E35)

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