Differentials and differential coefficients in the Eulerian foundations of the calculus.

DOI10.1016/S0315-0860(03)00030-2zbMath1102.01014MaRDI QIDQ1427537

Giovanni Ferraro

Publication date: 14 March 2004

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

quantityinfinitesimalscalculus of functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of real functions (26-03)

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