The tangled origins of the Leibnizian calculus. A case study of a mathematical revolution

DOI10.1142/8413MaRDI QIDQ2898739zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Richard C. Brown

Publication date 12 July 2012

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1142/8413

zbMATH Keywords

logicNewtoncalculusLeibnizuniversal characteristiccultural contextKuhnian paradigmL. FleckLullismrevolutions in mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of real functions (26-03)

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