Rigor and Clarity: Foundations of Mathematics in France and England, 1800–1840

DOI10.1017/S0269889700000983zbMath1181.01035MaRDI QIDQ5188973

Joan L. Richards

Publication date: 6 March 2010

Published in: Science in Context (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

development of mathematics; differences in France and England

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A55: History of mathematics in the 19th century

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