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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1616413
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Newton and the notion of limit
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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