Lagrange in the Netherlands: Dutch attempts to obtain rigor in calculus, 1797-1840

DOI10.1006/HMAT.1999.2246zbMATH Open0939.01006OpenAlexW2053120768MaRDI QIDQ1818239FDOQ1818239

Authors: D. J. Beckers 

Publication date: 1 February 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1999.2246

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zbMATH Keywords

J. L. LagrangeDutch mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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