Continuity in nature and in mathematics: Boltzmann and Poincaré

DOI10.1007/s11229-015-0701-9zbMath1362.01006OpenAlexW1990649677MaRDI QIDQ513965

Marij van Strien

Publication date: 8 March 2017

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0701-9

zbMATH Keywords

continuitydifferential calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03)

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