Did Weierstrass’s differential calculus have a limit-avoiding character? His definition of a limit inϵ–δstyle

DOI10.1080/17498430.2013.831241zbMath1291.01020OpenAlexW2033355377WikidataQ58595196 ScholiaQ58595196MaRDI QIDQ5413565

Michiyo Nakane

Publication date: 30 April 2014

Published in: BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2013.831241

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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Cauchy's infinitesimals, his sum theorem, and foundational paradigms ⋮ 19th-century real analysis, forward and backward ⋮ The notion of variable quantities \(\omega\) in Bolzano's early works ⋮ The development of the concept of uniform convergence in Karl Weierstrass's lectures and publications between 1861 and 1886

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