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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• Force, deflection, and time: Proposition VI of Newton's \textit{Principia}
• Radical principia
• Infinitesimals in the foundations of Newton's mechanics
• Did Newton use his calculus in the Principia?
• Newton and the notion of limit
• Proposition II (Book I) of Newton's \(Principia\)
• The mathematical form of measurement and the argument for Proposition I in Newton's \textit{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.

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