Two-track depictions of Leibniz's fictions

DOI10.1007/s00283-021-10140-3zbMath1530.01010arXiv2111.00922OpenAlexW3210192507WikidataQ128213446 ScholiaQ128213446MaRDI QIDQ6169811

Mikhail G. Katz, Mark van Atten, Karl Kuhlemann, David Sherry, Monica Ugaglia

Publication date: 12 July 2023

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.00922

zbMATH Keywords

non-standard arithmeticincomparable magneticinfinitum terminatumLeibniz's fictionsSkolem models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Models of arithmetic and set theory (03C62) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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