Fermat's dilemma: Why did he keep mum on infinitesimals? and the European theological context

DOI10.1007/s10699-017-9542-yzbMath1398.01012arXiv1801.00427OpenAlexW3105838567MaRDI QIDQ1616127

Jacques Bair, Mikhail G. Katz, David Sherry

Publication date: 31 October 2018

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.00427

zbMATH Keywords

infinitesimalhylomorphismindivisiblesatomismcycloidadequalitycouncil of Trent 13.2edict of NantesJesuatJesuit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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