Fermat, Leibniz, Euler, and the Gang: The True History of the Concepts of Limit and Shadow

DOI10.1090/noti1149zbMath1338.26001arXiv1407.0233OpenAlexW2962960960WikidataQ57542950 ScholiaQ57542950MaRDI QIDQ2813218

Emanuele Bottazzi, Kanovei, Vladimir, Tiziana Bascelli, David Sherry, Steven Shnider, Tahl Nowik, Frederik S. Herzberg, Mikhail G. Katz, Karin Usadi Katz

Publication date: 15 June 2016

Published in: Notices of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.0233

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations: limits and generalizations, elementary topology of the line (26A03) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of real functions (26-03)

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