God, king, and geometry: revisiting the introduction to Cauchy's \textit{Cours d'analyse} (Q549913)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5925776
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5925776 |
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God, king, and geometry: revisiting the introduction to Cauchy's \textit{Cours d'analyse} (English)
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19 July 2011
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Cauchy's textbook of 1821 included a seven-page introduction. The present paper interprets that extract in terms of religion and (governmental, institutional, and intellectual) politics.
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Augustin-Louis Cauchy
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Cours d'analyse
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history of analysis
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0.7862033843994141
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0.7708777785301208
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0.763663113117218
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