Some uses of proportion in Newton's principia, book I: A case study in applied mathematics

DOI10.1016/0039-3681(87)90018-5MaRDI QIDQ3757873zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Emily Grosholz

Publication date 1987

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-3681(87)90018-5

zbMATH Keywords

proportionanalytic geometryratioapplication of mathematicsinfinitesimal analysis

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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