Cauchy and the infinitely small

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(78)90117-9MaRDI QIDQ1256997zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gordon M. Fisher

Publication date 1978

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(78)90117-9

zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy and the Infinitely Small

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03) Nonstandard analysis (26E35)

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• Infinitely small quantities in Cauchy's textbooks
• Alpha-theory: An elementary axiomatics for nonstandard analysis
• Did Weierstrass’s differential calculus have a limit-avoiding character? His definition of a limit inϵ–δstyle
• Exceptions and counterexamples: understanding Abel's comment on Cauchy's theorem

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