Boscovich's geometrical principle of continuity, and the ``mysteries of the infinity

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2018.02.002zbMath1395.01017OpenAlexW2791209378MaRDI QIDQ1635796

Alessandra Fiocca, Andrea Del Centina

Publication date: 1 June 2018

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2383920

zbMATH Keywords

conic sectionsprinciple of geometrical continuity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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