Infinitesimals via Cauchy sequences: refining the classical equivalence

DOI10.1515/MATH-2021-0048MaRDI QIDQ2053624zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Emanuele Bottazzi, Mikhail G. Katz

Publication date 29 November 2021

Published in Open Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.00229

zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy sequencehyperrealinfinitesimal

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonstandard analysis (26E35)

Abstract: A refinement of the classic equivalence relation among Cauchy sequences yields a useful infinitesimal-enriched number system. Such an approach can be seen as formalizing Cauchy's sentiment that a null sequence "becomes" an infinitesimal. We signal a little-noticed construction of a system with infinitesimals in a 1910 publication by Giuseppe Peano, reversing his earlier endorsement of Cantor's belittling of infinitesimals.

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