The continuum, the infinitely small, and the law of continuity in Leibniz

DOI10.1093/OSO/9780198809647.003.0007zbMATH Open1475.01011OpenAlexW3117639357MaRDI QIDQ5149698FDOQ5149698

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/9780198809647.003.0007

zbMATH Keywords

continuitycontinuummotioninfinitesimaljustification of the calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) History of real functions (26-03)

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