Cauchy's continuum. A historiographic approach via Cauchy's sum theorem (Q1611056)
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Cauchy's continuum. A historiographic approach via Cauchy's sum theorem (English)
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19 November 2002
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The paper is devoted to the analysis and discussion of Cauchy's Summensatz and its history from 1826 till today. The analyses undertaken in the paper show how the attempts to provide a complete explication of a historical text can lead to new insights into the development of mathematical analysis.
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