The Neil Bibby Lecture 2006: From Archimedes to limits: understanding real analysis

DOI10.1080/17498430600803276zbMath1137.01002OpenAlexW2041449487WikidataQ58572371 ScholiaQ58572371MaRDI QIDQ5491339

Bob Burn

Publication date: 11 October 2006

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/10.1080/17498430600803276

zbMATH Keywords

WallisArchimedesFermatLimit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of real functions (26-03) General histories, source books (01A05)

Cites Work

• Irrational numbers in English language textbooks, 1890--1915: Constructions and postulates for the completeness of the real numbers
• Éléments d'analyse de Karl Weierstrass
• Newton and the notion of limit
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