Infinitesimals from Leibniz to Robinson. Time to bring them back to school
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Infinitesimals from Leibniz to Robinson. Time to bring them back to school
zbMATH Open document ID: 0596.01002
DOI: 10.1007/BF03026834
author: Victor Harnik
published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Ever since the formation of calculus infinitesimals have been used in teaching, whereas in theory they were avoided, even banned (at least since Weierstraß). Now, with non-standard analysis they have become ''respectable'' again. In this article the author proposes to bring infinitesimals back to school and gives some indications how this could be done. He hopes so to render calculus more attractive without loss of exactness.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 26-03
zbMATH DE Number: 3959326
Wikidata QID: Q122864121
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: Q4089040
cites work: Q4100304
cites work: Cauchy and the continuum: the significance of non-standard analysis for the history and philosophy of mathematics
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3959326