Mathematics and infinity in Descartes and Newton

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-12102-4_9zbMATH Open1330.01033OpenAlexW2114671780MaRDI QIDQ5253255FDOQ5253255

Authors: Andrew Janiak 

Publication date: 4 June 2015

Published in: Mathematizing Space (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12102-4_9

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zbMATH Keywords

mathematicsIsaac Newtonseventeenth centuryinfinityJohn WallisRené Descartes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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