Fermat's method of maxima and minima and of tangents. A reconstruction

DOI10.1007/BF00328112zbMath0164.30402OpenAlexW162420664MaRDI QIDQ2529462

Per Strømholm

Publication date: 1968

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00328112

zbMATH Keywords

Pierre de Fermat

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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