THE CONCEPT OF ‘VARIABLE’ IN NINETEENTH CENTURY ANALYSIS

DOI10.1093/bjps/30.3.266zbMath0436.01007OpenAlexW2053530217MaRDI QIDQ3875876

J. P. Cleave

Publication date: 1979

Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/30.3.266

zbMATH Keywords

concept of 'variable' in nineteenth century analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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