Bolzano’s measurable numbers: are they real?

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-46615-6_4zbMath1404.01017arXiv1805.02237OpenAlexW2567586281MaRDI QIDQ4562869

Steve Russ, Kateřina Trlifajová

Publication date: 18 December 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Société Canadienne d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.02237

zbMATH Keywords

irrational numberrational numberinfinite sequencecorrect conceptmeasurable number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03)

Related Items (3)

BOLZANO’S MATHEMATICAL INFINITE ⋮ The notion of variable quantities \(\omega\) in Bolzano's early works ⋮ Bolzano's infinite quantities

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