Leibniz's rigorous foundation of infinitesimal geometry by means of Riemannian sums

DOI10.1023/A:1020859101830zbMath1032.01011OpenAlexW2079742670WikidataQ115335148 ScholiaQ115335148MaRDI QIDQ1868159

Eberhard Knobloch

Publication date: 27 April 2003

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1020859101830

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann sumsLeibniz and the integral

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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