The prehistory of the Principia from 1664 to 1686

DOI10.1098/RSNR.1991.0002MaRDI QIDQ3202967zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Derek Thomas Whiteside

Publication date 1991

Published in Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.1991.0002

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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• Proposition II (Book I) of Newton's \(Principia\)
• Radical principia
• Newton's early computational method for dynamics
• Kepler's area law in the \textit{Principia}: filling in some details in Newton's proof of Proposition 1.
• Infinitesimals in the foundations of Newton's mechanics
• The impeccable credentials of an untrained philosopher: Willem Jacob 's Gravesande's career before his Leiden professorship, 1688–1717
• The mathematical form of measurement and the argument for Proposition I in Newton's \textit{Principia}
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4025366 (Why is no real title available?)
• Did Newton use his calculus in the Principia?
• Newton and the notion of limit
• Force, deflection, and time: Proposition VI of Newton's \textit{Principia}

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