Thomas Simpson: weaving fluxions in 18th-century London

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2013.07.001zbMath1284.01028OpenAlexW1987552818MaRDI QIDQ2436780

Mónica Blanco

Publication date: 26 February 2014

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2013.07.001

zbMATH Keywords

Simpsonfluxions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50)

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