Plato and analysis
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Plato and analysis
zbMATH Open document ID: 1081.01011
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984809
author: W. M. Priestley
published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer
publication date: 2005-05-23T00:00:00Z
review text: A discussion of possible connections between the ideas of Dedekind, Euxodus, and Plato might help to restimulate interest among analysis instructors and their students in the topic of Dedekind cuts and to arouse more interest in the history and philosophy of mathematics.
reviewed by: Rainer Beedgen
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 26-03
zbMATH DE Number: 2170554
zbMATH Keywords: analysis
zbMATH Keywords: history of mathematics
zbMATH Keywords: philosphy of mathematics
zbMATH Keywords: Dedekind sections
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02984809
OpenAlex ID: W2117336214
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2170554