A Geometrical Constructive Approach to Infinitesimal Analysis: Epistemological Potential and Boundaries of Tractional Motion

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-10434-8_1MaRDI QIDQ5213622zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. Milici

Publication date 4 February 2020

Published in Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10434-8_1

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03) General histories, source books (01A05) Constructive real analysis (26E40)

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• One String Attached: Geometrical Exactness in Leibniz’s Parisian Manuscripts
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• Gardener's hyperbolas and the dragged-point principle
• Reflecting on the bases of geometry: construction with the tractrix
• A 3D-printable machine for conics and oblique trajectories

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