Indivisibles, Infinitesimals and a Tale of Seventeenth-Century Mathematics

DOI10.4169/MATH.MAG.86.4.239zbMath1293.26004OpenAlexW320932323WikidataQ56156883 ScholiaQ56156883MaRDI QIDQ2876507

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Publication date: 19 August 2014

Published in: Mathematics Magazine (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4169/math.mag.86.4.239

zbMATH Keywords

infinitesimal calculusarea under a cycloidGabriel's HornGuldin's objectionsRoberval's methodToricelli's trumpet

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of real functions (26-03) One-variable calculus (26A06) Nonstandard analysis (26E35)

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