Leibniz's syncategorematic infinitesimals. II: Their existence, their use and their role in the justification of the differential calculus

DOI10.1007/S00407-020-00249-WzbMATH Open1448.01009OpenAlexW3015779802MaRDI QIDQ2201990FDOQ2201990

Richard T. W. Arthur, David Rabouin

Publication date: 17 September 2020

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-020-00249-w

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zbMATH Keywords

infinitesimals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• Leibniz's metaphysics of change: vague states and physical continuity
• Possibility vs iterativity: Leibniz and Aristotle on the infinite
• LEIBNIZ ON BODIES AND INFINITIES: RERUM NATURA AND MATHEMATICAL FICTIONS

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