The Leibniz catenary and approximation of e -- an analysis of his unpublished calculations

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2019.06.001zbMATH Open1431.01011OpenAlexW2955244599WikidataQ122916124 ScholiaQ122916124MaRDI QIDQ2279707FDOQ2279707

Authors: Michael Raugh, Siegmund Probst 

Publication date: 13 December 2019

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2019.06.001

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zbMATH Keywords

differential calculuscatenarylogarithmic curvenumber $e$

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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