Did Newton use his calculus in the Principia?

DOI10.1111/j.1600-0498.1998.tb00536.xzbMath1014.01002OpenAlexW2077589174MaRDI QIDQ4780757

Niccolò Guicciardini

Publication date: 21 November 2002

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1998.tb00536.x

zbMATH Keywords

calculusPrincipiaNewton

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of real functions (26-03)

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• Newton's early computational method for dynamics
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