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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1616413
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1616413 |
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Newton and the notion of limit (English)
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26 November 2002
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The author investigates Newton's understanding of the limit concept through a study of certain proofs appearing in the \textit{Principia Mathematica}, and finds that Newton, not Cauchy, was the first to present an epsilon argument.
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limit
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