Thomas Simpson: weaving fluxions in 18th-century London

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2013.07.001MaRDI QIDQ2436780zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. Blanco

Publication date 26 February 2014

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2013.07.001

zbMATH Keywords

Simpsonfluxions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50)

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