Who Gave You the Epsilon? Cauchy and the Origins of Rigorous Calculus

DOI10.2307/2975545zbMath0517.26003OpenAlexW4243404129WikidataQ55878351 ScholiaQ55878351MaRDI QIDQ3665369

Judith V. Grabiner

Publication date: 1983

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2975545

zbMATH Keywords

inequalitieslimitshistorical development of calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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