Nonstandard Analysis, Infinitesimals, and the History of Calculus

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-12030-0_2zbMath1343.01012OpenAlexW2273553266MaRDI QIDQ3466723

Craig G. Fraser

Publication date: 25 January 2016

Published in: Trends in the History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12030-0_2

zbMATH Keywords

nonstandard analysisinfinitesimalErnst SchröderAbraham RobinsonLeonhard EulerAugustin-Louis CauchyJohann BernoulliGeorge Berkeleyhistory of calculusgeometric continuumJoseph Louis LagrangeGuillaume de l'Hôpitalnumeric continuum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of real functions (26-03) Nonstandard analysis (26E35)

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