What is a function?

zbMATH Open1171.01005MaRDI QIDQ3602689FDOQ3602689

Authors: Ruediger Thiele 

Publication date: 12 February 2009

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zbMATH Keywords

Eulerisoperimetric problemWeierstrassLeibnizDescartesCartesian coordinatesJohann Bernoullivibrating string problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03)

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