Publication:1616116

DOI10.1007/S10699-017-9534-YzbMATH Open1398.01014arXiv1704.07723OpenAlexW2608300630MaRDI QIDQ1616116FDOQ1616116

Piotr Błaszczyk, Mikhail G. Katz, Thomas McGaffey, Vladimir Kanovei, David M. Schaps, Tiziana Bascelli, Alexandre V. Borovik, Karin U. Katz, S. S. Kutateladze, David Sherry

Publication date: 31 October 2018

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Cauchy's sum theorem is a prototype of what is today a basic result on the convergence of a series of functions in undergraduate analysis. We seek to interpret Cauchy's proof, and discuss the related epistemological questions involved in comparing distinct interpretive paradigms. Cauchy's proof is often interpreted in the modern framework of a Weierstrassian paradigm. We analyze Cauchy's proof closely and show that it finds closer proxies in a different modern framework. Keywords: Cauchy's infinitesimal; sum theorem; quantifier alternation; uniform convergence; foundational paradigms.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.07723

zbMATH Keywords

uniform convergencesum theoremquantifier alternationCauchy's infinitesimalfoundational paradigms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03) One-variable calculus (26A06) Nonstandard analysis (26E35)

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