Newton, Maclaurin, and the authority of mathematics

DOI10.2307/4145093zbMATH Open1187.01018OpenAlexW4246975044WikidataQ56228035 ScholiaQ56228035MaRDI QIDQ3563760FDOQ3563760

Authors: Judith V. Grabiner 

Publication date: 1 June 2010

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_fac_pub/120

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50)

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