Continuous extension and indivisibles in Galileo

DOI10.1093/OSO/9780198809647.003.0005zbMATH Open1462.01008OpenAlexW3118203080MaRDI QIDQ5149696FDOQ5149696

Authors: Samuel Levey 

Publication date: 12 February 2021

Published in: The History of Continua (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198809647.003.0005

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zbMATH Keywords

continuityparadoxmotioninfinitycontinuous extensionindivisible

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) History of real functions (26-03) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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